Luke 13:7

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He said to the gardener, 'For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

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  • Matt 7:19 : 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
  • Luke 3:9 : 9 The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
  • Exod 32:10 : 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."
  • Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  • Lev 19:23 : 23 When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden. For three years you are to consider it forbidden; it must not be eaten.
  • Lev 25:21 : 21 I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce enough for three years.
  • Dan 4:14 : 14 This decision is by the decree of the watchers and the sentence by the command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and He gives them to whomever He will and sets the lowliest of men over them.
  • Matt 3:9-9 : 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 10 Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
  • John 15:2 : 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
  • John 15:6 : 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 13:6
    92%

    6Then he told this parable: 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.'

  • Luke 13:8-9
    2 verses
    85%

    8'Sir,' the gardener replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.'

    9If it bears fruit next year, fine! But if not, then cut it down.'

  • Mark 11:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. But when he came to it, he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

    14Jesus said to it, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard it.

  • Matt 21:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

    19Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, 'May no fruit ever come from you again!' And immediately, the fig tree withered.

    20When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, 'How did the fig tree wither so quickly?'

  • Luke 3:9
    78%

    9The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Luke 21:29
    77%

    29Then he told them a parable: 'Look at the fig tree and all the trees.'

  • Matt 7:19
    76%

    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Isa 5:2-5
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    76%

    2He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a tower in its center and also carved out a winepress in it. He hoped it would produce good grapes, but it yielded only wild ones.

    3Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

    4What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes, did it yield only wild ones?

    5Now let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

  • Matt 3:10
    76%

    10Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Matt 21:33-34
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    33Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

    34When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    75%

    1He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

    2At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

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

    11But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my sweetness and my good fruit, to go sway over the trees?'

  • Luke 20:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Then he began to tell the people this parable: 'A man planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went away for a long time.

    10At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

  • Mark 11:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

    21Peter remembered and said to him, 'Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.'

  • Mark 12:7-9
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    7But those farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

    8So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

    9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • Matt 15:13
    73%

    13He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

  • Matt 21:39-41
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    73%

    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

    40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers?

    41They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.'

  • Luke 6:43-44
    2 verses
    73%

    43No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

    44Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from bramble bushes.

  • Luke 20:13
    73%

    13Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.'

  • Mark 13:28
    73%

    28Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and its leaves sprout, you know that summer is near.

  • Joel 1:7
    73%

    7It has laid waste my vine and ruined my fig tree. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away; their branches are made white.

  • Luke 20:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?'

    16He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!'

  • Matt 7:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

  • Matt 12:33
    72%

    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

  • John 15:2
    72%

    2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

  • Isa 18:5
    71%

    5For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, the branches will be cut with pruning knives, and the spreading branches will be removed and discarded.

  • Ezek 17:9
    71%

    9Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots.

  • Lev 19:23
    70%

    23When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden. For three years you are to consider it forbidden; it must not be eaten.

  • Jer 8:13
    70%

    13I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, no figs on the tree, and even the leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.

  • Luke 12:17
    70%

    17And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'

  • Mark 4:29
    70%

    29As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle because the harvest has come.

  • Isa 5:7
    70%

    7For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.