Luke 13:9
and if it bear fruit hereafter, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
Noyes 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
10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Cross References
Daniel 9:5We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and thy statutes.
1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and set themselves against all men,
Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou 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 →