Luke 13:7
“Then said hee vnto the dresser of his Uineyard, Beholde, these three yeeres I come seeking fruit on this figtree, and finde none: cut it downe, why cumbreth it the ground?”
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Luke 13:7 Context
5I tell you, Nay; but except yee repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 6¶ Hee spake also this parable, A certaine man had a figtree planted in his Uineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7Then said hee vnto the dresser of his Uineyard, Beholde, these three yeeres I come seeking fruit on this figtree, and finde none: cut it downe, why cumbreth it the ground? 8And he answering, said vnto him, Lord, let it alone this yeere also, till I shall digge about it, and doung it: 9And if it beare fruit, Well: and if not, then after that, thou shalt cut it downe.
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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?
- King James Version
"And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'
- New American Standard Version (1995)