9If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'|
9If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'|
6 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.
7 He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'
8 He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'|
10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
13:9And if it bear fruit, [well:] and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down.
13:9If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' "
13:9And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
13:9and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
13:9and if it shall bear fruit but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.
13:9and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
13:9And if it shall bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
13:9and if indeed it may bear fruit — ;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'
13:9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.