Luke 13:9
If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"
Weymouth NT (1912)
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"But the gardener pleaded, "`Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.
10Once He was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:15Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;
Revelation 15:3And they were singing the song of Moses, God's servant, and the song of the Lamb. Their words were, "Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Ruler of all. Righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of the nations.
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 →