Luke 13:7
So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard,‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete 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 Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Exod 32:10 : 10 So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”
- Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
- Lev 19:23 : 23 The Produce of Fruit Trees“‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.
- Lev 25:21 : 21 I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years,
- Dan 4:14 : 14 He called out loudly as follows:‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches! Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit! Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches!
- Matt 3:9-9 : 9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! 10 Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- John 15:2 : 2 He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
- John 15:6 : 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
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6Warning to Israel to Bear Fruit Then Jesus told this parable:“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
- Luke 13:8-92 verses85%
8But the worker answered him,‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.
9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
- Mark 11:13-142 verses83%
13After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
14He said to it,“May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
- Matt 21:19-202 verses82%
19After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.
20When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying,“How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
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9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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29The Parable of the Fig Tree Then he told them a parable:“Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.
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19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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2He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.
3So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!
4What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?
5Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
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10Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- Matt 21:33-342 verses76%
33The Parable of the Tenants“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
34When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.
- Mark 12:1-22 verses75%
1The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to speak to them in parables:“A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.
- Judg 9:10-112 verses75%
10“So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’
11But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’
- Luke 20:9-102 verses75%
9The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
10When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.
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20The Withered Fig Tree In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
21Peter remembered and said to him,“Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”
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7But those tenants said to one another,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’
8So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.
9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
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39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
41They said to him,“He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”
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43“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,
44for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.
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13Then the owner of the vineyard said,‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’
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28The Parable of the Fig Tree“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
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7They have destroyed my vines; they have turned my fig trees into mere splinters. They have completely stripped off the bark and thrown it aside; the twigs are stripped bare.
- Luke 20:15-162 verses72%
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 tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said,“May this never happen!”
- Matt 7:16-172 verses72%
16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?
17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
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33Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
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2He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
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5For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.
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9“‘Say to them: This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
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23The Produce of Fruit Trees“‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.
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13I will take away their harvests, says the LORD. There will be no grapes on their vines. There will be no figs on their fig trees. Even the leaves on their trees will wither. The crops that I gave them will be taken away.’”
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17so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
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29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
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7Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!