Luke 3:9

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And even now the axe is also ready to chop down the trees at their roots [i.e., you Jews]. Every tree [i.e., person] that does not produce wholesome fruit [i.e., a godly life] will be cut down and thrown into the fire [i.e., the punishment of hell].”

Cross References

Matthew 3:10

And even now the axe is ready to chop down the trees [i.e., you Jewish people]. Every tree [i.e., person] that does not produce wholesome fruit [i.e., godly, repentant lives] will be cut down and thrown into the fire [i.e., the final punishment of the wicked].

Matthew 7:19

Every tree that does not produce wholesome fruit should be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 13:6

Then He told them this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree [which had been] planted in his orchard. When he came looking for figs on it, he did not find any.

Luke 13:7

So, he said to the orchard worker, ‘Look, I have been coming [here] looking for figs for three years now, but have not found any. Cut down the tree, [for] why should it waste the space [i.e., by not producing]?’

Luke 13:9

And [then] if it begins to produce, fine; but if it does not, [then] you should cut it down.’”

John 15:6

If a person does not remain united to me, he will be thrown out as a [fruitless] branch and dried up. People gather up such branches and throw them into the fire to be burned [as fuel (?)].

Hebrews 10:28

The person who has disregarded the Law of Moses is put to death without being shown mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is truly a consuming fire.