Luke 13:9

Luke 13:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
• New International Version (NIV)If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”

Context of Luke 13:9

7So he said to the gardener, ‘Indeed, for three years I‘ve come searching for fruit on this fig tree and found none. Remove it! Why does it use up the ground?’ 8“But answering, the gardener said to him, ‘Master, leave it alone for this year also, until I dig around it and apply fertilizer. And if it bears fruit, good. But if not, cut it down.’” 10Now Yeshua was teaching in one of the synagogues on Shabbat. 11And behold, there was a woman with a disabling spirit for eighteen years, bent over and completely unable to stand up straight.

Luke 13:9 word by word

κἂν μὲν ποιήσῃ καρπὸν εἰς τὸ μέλλον. εἰ δὲ μή γε, ἐκκόψεις αὐτήν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• And ifκἄνkan · and/even ifG2579
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• it bearποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• fruitκαρπόςkarpos · fruitG2590
• andδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · if: notG1487
• notεἰ δὲ μή(γε)ei de mē(ge) · but if not; otherwiseG1490
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• after thatμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• thou shalt cutἐκκόπτωekkoptō · to preventG1581
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 13:9

• Ezra 9:14shall we once again break Your mitzvot and intermarry with the peoples who commit such detestable actions as these? Would You not be angry enough with us to destroy us, leaving us no remnant or survivor?
• Psalms 69:22They put gall in my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
• Daniel 9:5we have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted wickedly; we have rebelled; we have turned away from Your mitzvot and from Your rulings.
• John 15:2Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He trims so that it may bear more fruit.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Yeshua and the prophets and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God and hostile to all people,
• Hebrews 6:8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed—its end is to be burned over.
• Revelation 15:3And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are Your deeds, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
• Revelation 16:5Then I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous are You—the Holy One, who is and who was— because You have passed these judgments.

Commentaries on Luke 13:9

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 This parable of the barren fig-tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, except it brings forth fruit, will be cut down. This parable in the first place refers to the nation and people of the Jews. Yet it is, without doubt, for awakening all that enjoy the means of grace, and the privileges of the visible church. When God has borne long, we may hope that he will bear with us yet a little longer, but we cannot…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9cut it down: A stump or fallen tree symbolized judgement or destruction (compare 3:9; see also Isaiah 6:13; 10:34; 11:1; Jeremiah 46:22; Daniel 4:23; Matthew 3:10; 7:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. fig tree--Israel, as the visible witness of God in the world, but generally all within the pale of the visible Church of God; a familiar figure (compare Is 5:1-7; Joh 15:1-8, &c.). vineyard--a spot selected for its fertility, separated from the surrounding fields, and cultivated with special care, with a view solely to fruit. came and sought fruit--a heart turned to God; the fruits of righteousness; compare Mt 21:33, 34, and Is 5:2, "He looked that…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:9

• Church
• Fig Tree
• God Continued...
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Probation
• Reproof
• Responsibility
• Unfaithfulness
• Unfruitfulness
• Vineyard
• Wicked (People)
• Works

In the dictionaries

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• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Wisdom of God

Commentaries on Luke 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings