Luke 13:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And yf it beare fruite thou mayest let it alone: and yf it beare not then, after that shalt thou cut it downe.

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  • Ezra 9:14-15 : 14 Shoulde we returne to breake thy commaundementes, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of these abhominations? wouldest not thou be angry towardes vs till thou hadst consumed vs, so that there should be no remnaunt, nor any escaping? 15 O Lorde God of Israel, thou art righteous, for we remayne yet escaped, as it is to see this day: Beholde also, in thy presence are we in our trespasses, & because of it may we not stand before thee.
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 Let their table be as a snare before them: and in steade of aboundaunce of peace, let it be a meanes of destruction. 23 Let their eyes be blynded that they see not: and euer bowe downe their loynes. 24 Powre out thine indignation vpon them: and let thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate: and let no man dwell in their tabernacles. 26 For they persecute hym whom thou hast smitten: and they talke of the griefe of them whom thou hast wounded. 27 Let them fall from one wickednesse to another: and let them not enter into thy ryghteousnesse. 28 Let them be wyped out of the booke of the lyuyng: and not to be written among the ryghteous.
  • Dan 9:5-8 : 5 We haue sinned and haue committed iniquitie, and haue done wickedly, yea we haue rebelled, & haue departed from thy preceptes, & from thy iudgementes. 6 We woulde not obey thy seruauntes the prophetes, that spake in thy name to our kinges and princes, to our forefathers, and to all the people of the lande. 7 O Lorde, righteousnesse belongeth vnto thee, vnto vs open shame, as is came to passe this day vnto euery man of Iuda, and to them that dwel at Hierusalem yea vnto all Israel, whether they be farre or nye throughout all the landes whither thou hast driuen them, because of their offences that they haue done against thee. 8 Yea O Lorde, vnto vs, to our kinges & princes, to our forefathers that haue offended thee, belongeth open shame.
  • John 15:2 : 2 Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me, he will take away: And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge, that it may bryng foorth more fruite.
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men:
  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.
  • Rev 15:3-4 : 3 And they sang the song of Moyses the seruaunt of God, and the song of the lambe, saying: Great and marueylous are thy workes Lorde God almightie, iust and true are thy wayes thou kyng of saintes. 4 Who shall not feare thee O Lorde, and glorifie thy name? for thou only art holy: And all gentiles shal come and worship before thee, for thy iudgemetes are made manifest.
  • Rev 16:5-7 : 5 And I hearde the angell of the waters say: Lorde, which art, and wast, thou art ryghteous & holy, because thou hast geuen such iudgementes: 6 For they shed out the blood of saintes and prophetes, and therfore hast thou geuen them blood to drynke: for they are worthie. 7 And I heard another out of the aulter say: euen so Lorde God almightie, true and ryghteous are thy iudgementes.

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  • Luke 13:6-8
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    6He tolde also this similitude. A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyarde, and he came, and sought fruite theron, and founde none.

    7Then sayde he to the dresser of his vineyarde: Beholde, this three yere I haue come & sought fruite in this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe, why cumbreth it the grounde?

    8And he aunswered, & sayde vnto him: Lorde, let it alone this yere also, tyll I dygge rounde about it, & dongue it.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: Euery tree therfore which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 7:16-20
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    79%

    16Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites, Do men gather grapes of thornes? or fygges of thystles?

    17Euen so, euery good tree, bryngeth foorth good fruite: But a corrupt tree, bryngeth foorth euyll fruite.

    18A good tree, can not bryng foorth bad fruite: neither can a bad tree, bryng foorth good fruite.

    19Euery tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre.

    20Wherfore, by theyr fruites, ye shall knowe them.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • John 15:4-6
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    76%

    4Byde in me, and I in you. As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe, except it byde in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abyde in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me, and I in hym, the same bryngeth foorth much fruite: For without me can ye do nothyng.

    6Yf a man byde not in me, he is cast foorth as a braunch, and withereth, and men gather them, and cast them into the fyre, and they burne.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.

  • John 15:2
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    2Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me, he will take away: And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge, that it may bryng foorth more fruite.

  • Matt 21:19
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    19And when he sawe one fygge tree in the waye, he came to it, and founde nothyng theron but leaues only, & said vnto it: neuer fruite growe on thee henceforwarde. And anone the figge tree withered away.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
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    8It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters, so that it should haue brought out braunches, & borne fruite, and haue ben a goodly vine.

    9Speake thou therfore, thus saith the Lorde God: Shall this vine prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes therof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to dry? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

  • Matt 12:33
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    33Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euyll, and his fruite euyll. For the tree, is knowen by his fruite.

  • Mark 11:13-14
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    75%

    13And when he had spyed a fygge tree a farre of, hauyng leaues, he came to see if he myght fynde any thyng theron: And when he came to it, he founde nothyng but leaues: for the tyme of figges was not yet.

    14And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto the fygge tree: neuer man eate fruite of thee hereafter, whyle the worlde standeth. And his disciples hearde it.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For afore the haruest whe the braunch is growen, there shall come ripe fruite of the floure: and he shal cut downe the increase with sithes, and the braunches shall he take away with hookes.

  • Mark 12:9
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    9What shall therfore, the Lorde of the vineyarde do? He shal come, and destroy the husbandmen, and wyll geue the vineyarde vnto other.

  • Job 14:7-8
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    74%

    7For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

    8Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

  • Luke 17:6
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    6And the Lorde sayde: If ye had fayth as much as a grayne of mustarde seede, & should say vnto this Sycamine tree, plucke vp thy selfe by the rootes, and plant thy selfe in the sea, it shoulde obey you.

  • Luke 6:43-44
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    43For it is not a good tree, that bryngeth foorth euyll fruite: Neither is that an euyll tree, that bryngeth foorth good fruite.

    44For euery tree is knowen by his fruite: for of thornes do not me gather fygges, nor of busshes, gather they grapes.

  • Judg 9:11
    72%

    11The figge tree aunswered them: should I forsake my sweetnes, and my good fruite, and go to be promoted ouer the trees?

  • Mark 4:29
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    29But when the fruite is brought foorth, anone he thrusteth in the sickle, because the haruest is come.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29And he shewed them a similitude: Behold the figge tree, & all the trees.

  • Matt 13:29
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    29But he sayde, nay: lest whyle ye gather vp the tares, ye rote vp also the wheate with them.

  • Matt 13:8-9
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    72%

    8But some fell into good grounde, and brought foorth fruite, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde.

    9Who hath eares to heare, let hym heare.

  • Mark 4:7
    72%

    7And some fell among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it gaue no fruite.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

  • Luke 13:19
    71%

    19It is like a grayne of mustarde seede, whiche a man toke & sowed in his garden: and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the ayre made nestes in the braunches of it.

  • Heb 6:8
    71%

    8But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.

  • Luke 20:9
    71%

    9Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and let it foorth to husbande men, and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season.

  • Job 18:16
    71%

    16His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his braunche be cut downe.

  • Isa 5:4
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    4What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it?

  • John 12:24
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    24Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, except the wheate corne fall into the grounde, and dye, it abideth alone: If it dye, it bryngeth foorth much fruite.

  • Luke 8:9
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    9And his disciples asked hym, saying what maner of similitude is this?

  • Matt 21:34
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    34And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it.

  • Job 15:33
    71%

    33He shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth.

  • Mark 9:45
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    45And yf thy foote offende thee, cut it of: It is better for thee to go halt into lyfe, then hauyng two feete, to be cast into hell, into fire that neuer shalbe queched:

  • Mark 11:20
    71%

    20And in the mornyng, as they passed by, they sawe the fygge tree dryed vp by the rootes.

  • Matt 21:41
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    41They sayde vnto hym: He wyll miserably destroy those wicked men & wyll let out his vineyard vnto other husband men, which shall delyuer him the fruite in due seasons.

  • Lev 25:3
    70%

    3Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy fielde, and sixe yeres thou shalt cut thy vineyarde, and gather in the fruite therof.

  • Mark 13:28
    70%

    28Learne a parable of the fygge tree. When his braunche is yet tender, and hath brought foorth leaues, ye knowe that sommer is neare: