Luke 13:9
Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.’”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
In Context
8‘Leave it this one year more, Sir,’ the man answered, ‘until I have dug around it and manured it.
10Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all humanity,
Revelation 15:3They are singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb – ‘Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord, our God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are your ways, eternal King.
Matthew Henry on Luke 13:7-10
The Barren Fig-Tree. 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it… Read the whole commentary →