Luke 13:9
If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
In Context
8He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath ·To cease· day.
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 →