Luke 13:9

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

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  • Ezra 9:14-15 : 14 shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would you not become so angry with us that you would destroy us completely, leaving no remnant or survivor? 15 O Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left with this remnant today. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap. 24 Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble. 25 Pour out your indignation on them, and let your fierce anger overtake them. 26 Let their encampments be desolate; may no one dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute those you have struck, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded. 28 Add guilt to their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.
  • Dan 9:5-8 : 5 we have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commandments and judgments. 6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land. 7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You. 8 O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You.
  • 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.
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.
  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
  • Rev 15:3-4 : 3 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, King of the saints." 4 "Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
  • Rev 16:5-7 : 5 Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'You are righteous, Lord, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, because you have judged these things.' 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve. 7 And I heard the altar respond, 'Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.'

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    6 Then 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.'

    7 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?'

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

  • Luke 3:9
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    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.

  • Matt 7:16-20
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    16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

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

    18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

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

    20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

  • Matt 3:10
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    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 15:4-6
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    4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

    5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

    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.

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

  • John 15:2
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    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.

  • Matt 21:19
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    19 Seeing 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.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
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    8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

    9 Say, ‘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.

  • Matt 12:33
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    33 Either 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.

  • Mark 11:13-14
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    13 Seeing 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.

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

  • Isa 18:5
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    5 For 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.

  • Mark 12:9
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    9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • Job 14:7-8
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    7 At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not fail.

    8 Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

  • Luke 17:6
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    6 The Lord replied, 'If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.'

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

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

  • Judg 9:11
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    11 But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my sweetness and my good fruit, to go sway over the trees?'

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

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

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    29 ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

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    8 Still other seeds fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some one hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

    9 Let anyone who has ears listen.

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    7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2 At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Luke 13:19
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    19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.'

  • Heb 6:8
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    8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

  • Luke 20:9
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    9 Then 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.

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    16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • Isa 5:4
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    4 What 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?

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    24 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.

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    9 Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

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

  • Job 15:33
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    33 He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine and cast away his blossoms like the olive tree.

  • Mark 9:45
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    45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell, where the fire never goes out.

  • Mark 11:20
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    20 Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

  • Matt 21:41
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    41 They 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.'

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    3 For six years, you may sow your field and prune your vineyard, and gather its produce;

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