Luke 13:6
Verse 6 of 35. The 13th of 24 chapters in Luke, in The Gospels.
2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they suffered such things?
3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6He 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.
7Then 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?
8And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Luke 13:6 in the World English Bible
He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.Read Luke 13:6 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Luke 13:6
As the unfruitful vineyard is dismantled, and thrown open to the common (Isa. v. 5, 6), so the unfruitful trees in the vineyard are cast out of it, and wither, John xv. 6. It is cut down by the judgments of God, especially spiritual judgments, such as those on the Jews that believed not, Isa. vi. 9, 10.
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