And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down. Treasury of Scripture if not. Ezra 9:14,15 Should we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations... Psalm 69:22-28 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap... Daniel 9:5-8 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled... John 15:2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he purges it... 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Hebrews 6:8 But that which bears thorns and briers is rejected, and is near to cursing; whose end is to be burned. Revelation 15:3,4 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works... Revelation 16:5-7 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus...
Context The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6He spoke 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 to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why encumbers it the ground? 8And he answering said to 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 you shall cut it down. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Darby Bible Translation
and if it shall bear fruit but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.
King James Bible
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Young's Literal Translation
and if indeed it may bear fruit -- ;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'
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