Matthew 15:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 15:2 : 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.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
  • Matt 13:40-41 : 40 As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world. 41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,
  • Ps 92:13 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
  • 1 Cor 3:12-15 : 12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems; 13 Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work. 14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward. 15 If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.

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  • 14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

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    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.

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    24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

    25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

    26 But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

    27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

    28 And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

    29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

    30 Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

    31 He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

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    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?

    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.

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    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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    36 Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

    37 And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

    38 And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

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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.

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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.

  • 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • 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.

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    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.

  • 21 But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

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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.

  • 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.

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    5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

    6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

    7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

  • 9 Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

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

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    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?

    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.

  • 41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

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

  • 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.

  • 17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.