Luke 13:9
If it bears fruit next year, good; but if it does not, cut it down!'”
Unlocked Literal 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
10Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues during the Sabbath.
Cross References
Ezra 9:14should we again break your commandments and make mixed marriages with these abominable people? Will you not be angry and annihilate us so there will be no one left, no one to escape?
Daniel 9:5We have sinned and have done what is wrong. We have acted wickedly and we have rebelled, turning aside from your commands and decrees.
1 Thessalonians 2:15It was the Jews who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets. It was the Jews who drove us out. They do not please God. Instead, they are hostile to all people.
Revelation 15:3They were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, the song of the Lamb: 1 “Great and marvelous are your deeds, 2 Lord God, the Almighty. 1 Just and true are your ways, 2 King of the nations. 1
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 →