Luke 13:6-9
Christian Standard Bible
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 And he told this parable:(A) “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.(B) 7 He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down!(C) Why should it even waste the soil?’(D)
8 “But he replied to him, ‘Sir,[a] leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.(E) 9 Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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- 13:8 Or Lord
Luke 13:6-9
Lexham English Bible
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 And he told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.[a] 7 So he said to the gardener, ‘Behold, for three years[b] I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find any.[c] Cut it down![d] Why should it even exhaust the soil?’ 8 But he answered and[e] said to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on it.[f] 9 And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming year, so much the better,[g] but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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- Luke 13:6 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 13:7 Literally “three years from which”
- Luke 13:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 13:7 Some manuscripts have “Therefore cut it down!”
- Luke 13:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 13:8 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 13:9 *The phrase “so much the better” is not in the Greek text but is implied
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