Luke 3:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Matt 7:19 : 19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
  • Luke 13:9 : 9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
  • Luke 13:7 : 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?
  • John 15:6 : 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.
  • Matt 3:10 : 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.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is an all-burning fire.
  • Isa 10:33-34 : 33 See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down. 34 And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
  • Ezek 15:2-4 : 2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods? 3 Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on? 4 See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?
  • Ezek 31:18 : 18 Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.
  • Dan 4:14 : 14 Crying out with a loud voice; and this is what he said: Let the tree be cut down and its branches broken off; let its leaves be taken off and its fruit sent in every direction: let the beasts get away from under it and the birds from its branches:
  • Dan 4:23 : 23 And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction;
  • Luke 23:29-31 : 29 For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk. 30 And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us. 31 For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 3:7-12
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    7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

    8 Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

    9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

    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.

    11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

    12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

  • Matt 7:16-20
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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.

    18 It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

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

    20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

  • Luke 13:9
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    9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

  • Luke 3:7-8
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    7 So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

    8 Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

  • Luke 3:10
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    10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Luke 13:5-7
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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.

    6 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.

    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?

  • John 15:1-2
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    78%

    1 I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

    2 He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.

  • John 15:4-6
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    4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

    5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Matt 21:19
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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.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5 For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.

  • Luke 3:17
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    17 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

  • Matt 21:43
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    43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

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

  • Matt 3:2
    73%

    2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

  • Mark 4:29
    72%

    29 But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

  • Luke 23:31
    72%

    31 For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

  • Isa 9:18
    72%

    18 For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

  • Mark 12:9
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    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.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42 And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Ezek 15:6
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    6 For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem.

  • Job 18:16
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    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Jer 21:14
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    14 I will send punishment on you in keeping with the fruit of your doings, says the Lord: and I will put a fire in her woodlands, burning up everything round about her.

  • Dan 4:14
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    14 Crying out with a loud voice; and this is what he said: Let the tree be cut down and its branches broken off; let its leaves be taken off and its fruit sent in every direction: let the beasts get away from under it and the birds from its branches:

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

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

  • Mark 9:45
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    45 And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

  • 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.

  • Jer 10:3
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    3 For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.

  • Joel 1:7
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    7 By him my vine is made waste and my fig-tree broken: he has taken all its fruit and sent it down to the earth; its branches are made white.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50 And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.