Luke 13:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

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  • Jer 2:21 : 21 But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?
  • Matt 21:19-20 : 19 And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead. 20 And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
  • Ps 80:8-9 : 8 You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land. 9 You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land. 10 The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches. 11 It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River. 12 Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit? 13 It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.
  • Isa 5:1-4 : 1 Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill: 2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes. 3 And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden. 4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
  • Matt 21:34-40 : 34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit. 35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them. 37 But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son. 38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage. 39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death. 40 When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?
  • Mark 11:12-14 : 12 And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food. 13 And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit. 14 And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.
  • John 15:16 : 16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

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  • Luke 13:7-9
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    7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

    8 And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:

    9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

  • Mark 11:13-14
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    13 And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

    14 And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

  • Matt 21:19-20
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    19 And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

    20 And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

  • Luke 21:29
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    29 And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9 And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

    10 And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1 And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

    2 And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

  • Luke 6:43-44
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    43 For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

    44 For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

  • Matt 21:33-34
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    33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

    34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

  • Isa 5:2-4
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    2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

    3 And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.

    4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

  • Mark 11:20-21
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    20 And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.

    21 And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

  • Mark 13:28
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    28 Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

  • Judg 9:10-11
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    10 Then the trees said to the fig-tree, You come and be king over us.

    11 But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?

  • Luke 13:5
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    5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

  • Mark 12:8-9
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    8 And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

    9 What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.

  • Luke 12:16-17
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    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

    17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

  • Matt 3:10
    74%

    10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

  • Matt 7:16-17
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    16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

    17 Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

  • Matt 12:33
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    33 Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

  • Matt 21:28
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    28 But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

  • Matt 21:40-41
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    40 When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?

    41 They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

  • Luke 20:15-16
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    15 And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?

    16 He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

  • Luke 20:13
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    13 And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

  • Luke 13:18-19
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    18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

    19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

  • Matt 24:32
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    32 Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

  • John 15:6
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    6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

  • Deut 20:6
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    6 Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.

  • Matt 13:18
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    18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

  • Matt 13:3
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    3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

  • Mark 4:7
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    7 And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.