Luke 23:31 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)31 For if people are doing these things [to me] while the [leaves of the] tree are green [i.e., to someone innocent of wrongdoing], what will they do when [the leaves] are dried up [i.e., to the sinful Jews of Jerusalem]?” See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176931 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition31 For if they do these things when the timber is green, what will happen when it is dry? See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry? See the chapterCommon English Bible31 If they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version31 For if they do these things with green wood, what will be done with the dry?" See the chapter |
Luke 23:31
13 Cross References
His winnowing shovel [Note: This was a process whereby grain was tossed into the air so that the wind could blow the husks away, leaving only good grain on the ground] is in His hand and He will completely clear off His threshing floor [by removing all of the husks]. And He will gather His wheat into the barn, but will burn up the husks with a fire that will never go out.”
These people are like rotten spots [contaminating the food] at your love feasts, while they gorge themselves without fear [i.e., unashamed of their selfish indulgence]. [Note: This passage may mean “like selfish shepherds, looking out only for themselves,” even eating the grain set out for the animals]. They are like clouds that blow over without producing rain; [they are like] trees in the fall that do not produce any fruit and have been uprooted, [thus] being dead twice [i.e., fruitless and rootless].
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