Luke 13:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ The man had a servant that took care of his garden. So the man said to his servant, ‘I have been looking for fruit on this tree for three years, but I never find any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the ground?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ So he said to the vinedresser, See here! For these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue also to use up the ground [to deplete the soil, intercept the sun, and take up room]?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

Common English Bible

⁷ He said to his gardener, ‘Look, I’ve come looking for fruit on this fig tree for the past three years, and I’ve never found any. Cut it down! Why should it continue depleting the soil’s nutrients?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then he said to the cultivator of the vineyard: 'Behold, for these three years I came seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I have found none. Therefore, cut it down. For why should it even occupy the land?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?

Luke 13:7 Cross References

Exodus 32:10

So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”

Daniel 4:14

He spoke very loud. He said, ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches. Strip off its leaves. Scatter its fruit around. The animals that are under the tree will run away. The birds that were in its branches will fly away.

Leviticus 19:23

“In the future, you will enter your country. At that time, you will plant many kinds of trees for food. After planting a tree, you must wait three years before you can use any of the fruit from that tree. You must not use that fruit.

Leviticus 25:21

{Don’t worry!} I will order my blessing to come to you during the sixth year. The land will continue growing crops for three years.

Matthew 7:19

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

Luke 13:8

But the servant answered, ‘Master, let the tree have one more year to make fruit. Let me dig up the dirt around it and put on some plant food.

Luke 3:9

The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. {\cf2\super [50]} Every tree that does not make good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch {\cf2\super [217]} of mine that does not make fruit. {\cf2\super [218]} And he trims and cleans every branch that makes fruit, so that it will make even more fruit.

John 15:6

If a person does not continue in me, then he is like a branch that is thrown away. That branch dies. People pick up dead branches, throw them into the fire, and burn them.