Luke 13:9
Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.’”
Twentieth Century New Testament
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, ‘till I have dug round it and manured it.
10Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the Synagogues,
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:15The men who 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 mankind,
Revelation 15:3They are singing the song of Moses, the Servant of God, and the song of the Lamb — ‘Great and marvellous are thy deeds, O Lord, our God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy 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 →