Luke 13:9 - Plain English Version9 And maybe next year it will get fruit on it. If it doesn’t get any fruit next year, then we can chop it down.’ ” See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17699 and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition9 Then perhaps it will bear fruit after this; but if not, you can cut it down and out. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)9 and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down. See the chapterCommon English Bible9 Maybe it will produce fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down.’” See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version9 And, indeed, it should bear fruit. But if not, in the future, you shall cut it down.' " See the chapter |
Luke 13:9
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And people are like the branches of that grape vine. There are some people that don’t live God’s way. They are like branches on the vine that don’t grow any fruit. They are no good, so the gardener cuts them off. But some people do live God’s way. They are like branches on the vine that do grow fruit. My father keeps on working on those people, to get them to live God’s way even better. He is like the gardener that cleans up the good branches and trims them back a little bit, so that they will grow more fruit.
That Jewish mob didn’t want to believe God, and they made trouble for Jesus. You see, a long time ago, it was the Jewish mob that killed the men that told God’s messages, and it was the Jewish mob that killed our leader Jesus too. And it was the same for us. Wherever we told people about Jesus, the Jewish mob chased us out of those places. They make God angry. They work against everyone.
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