Luke 3:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.”

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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 13:9 : 9 Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
  • Luke 13:7 : 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?’
  • 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.
  • Matt 3:10 : 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.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
  • Isa 10:33-34 : 33 Look, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low. 34 The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.
  • Ezek 15:2-4 : 2 “Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine? 3 Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on? 4 No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?
  • Ezek 31:18 : 18 Which of the trees of Eden was like you in majesty and loftiness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword! This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
  • 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!
  • Dan 4:23 : 23 As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying,‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him’–
  • Luke 23:29-31 : 29 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say,‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains,‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills,‘Cover us!’ 31 For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

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    7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

    8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,

    9and 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!

    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.

    11“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am– I am not worthy to carry his sandals! He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

    12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire!”

  • Matt 7:16-20
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    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.

    18A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.

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

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

  • Luke 13:9
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    9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

  • Luke 3:7-8
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    7So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

    8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don’t begin to say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

  • Luke 3:10
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    10So the crowds were asking him,“What then should we do?”

  • Matt 12:33
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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.

  • Luke 6:43-44
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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.

  • Luke 13:5-7
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    5No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”

    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.

    7So 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?’

  • John 15:1-2
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    1The Vine and the Branches“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

    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.

  • John 15:4-6
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    4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.

    5“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.

    6If 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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    13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

  • Matt 21:19
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    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.

  • Isa 18:5
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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.

  • Luke 3:17
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    17His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”

  • Heb 6:8
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    8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

  • Matt 21:43
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    43For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

  • Luke 21:29
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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.

  • Matt 3:2
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    2“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

  • Mark 4:29
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    29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”

  • Luke 23:31
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    31For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

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

  • Matt 13:42
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    42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Ezek 15:6
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    6“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire– so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.

  • Job 18:16
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    16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

  • Jer 21:14
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    14But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’ says the LORD.‘I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.’”

  • Dan 4:14
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    14He 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!

  • Mark 11:20
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    20The Withered Fig Tree In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

  • Judg 9:10
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    10“So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’

  • Mark 9:45
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    45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

  • Mark 4:7
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    7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

  • Jer 10:3
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    3For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.

  • Joel 1:7
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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.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.