Luke 13:8 - Easy To Read Version

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But he replied to him, Leave it alone, sir, [just] this one more year, till I dig around it and put manure [on the soil].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

Common English Bible

⁸ The gardener responded, ‘Lord, give it one more year, and I will dig around it and give it fertilizer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But in response, he said to him: 'Lord, let it be for this year also, during which time I will dig around it and add fertilizer.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.

Luke 13:8 Cross References

Psalm 106:23

God wanted to destroy those people.\par But Moses, the man he chose,\par stopped him.\par God was very angry,\par but Moses blocked the way,\par so God did not destroy the people. {\cf2\super [558]} \par

Exodus 34:9

“Lord, if you are pleased with me, then please go with us. I know that these are stubborn people. But forgive us for the bad things we did! Accept us as your people.”

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send the people of Judah away from me. Tell them to go.

Jeremiah 18:20

I have been good to the people of Judah.\par But now they are paying me back with evil.\par They are trying to trap me and kill me.\par

Joel 2:17

Let the priests, the Lord’s servants,\par cry between the porch {\cf2\super [15]} and the altar. {\cf2\super [16]} \par All of those people should say these things:\par “Lord, have mercy on your people.\par Don’t let your people be put to shame.\par Don’t let other people tell jokes\par about your people.\par Don’t let people in other nations\par \{laugh at us and\} say,\par ‘Where is their God?’”\par

Luke 13:7

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?’

Luke 13:9

Maybe the tree will make fruit next year. If the tree still does not make fruit, then you can cut it down.’”

Luke 14:35

It is worth nothing. You can’t even use it for soil or for plant food. People throw it away.

Romans 10:1

Brothers and sisters, the thing I want most is for all the Jews to be saved. That is my prayer to God.

Romans 11:14

I hope I can make my own people (the Jews) jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not being slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. God doesn’t want any person to be lost. God wants every person to change his heart and stop sinning.