Luke 13:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The gardener answered, “Master, leave it for another year. I'll dig around it and put some manure on it to make it grow.

Cross References

Psalm 106:23

You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it.

Exodus 34:9

He prayed, “LORD, if you really are pleased with me, I pray that you will go with us. It is true that these people are sinful and rebellious, but forgive our sin and let us be your people.”

Jeremiah 15:1

The LORD said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel were here, praying with you, I wouldn't change my mind. So send the people of Judah away.

Jeremiah 18:20

I tried to help them, but they are paying me back by digging a pit to trap me. I even begged you not to punish them.

Joel 2:17

Tell my servants, the priests, to cry inside the temple and to offer this prayer near the altar: “Save your people, LORD God! Don't let foreign nations make jokes about us. Don't let them laugh and ask, ‘Where is your God?’ ”

Luke 13:7

So he said to the gardener, “For three years I have come looking for figs on this tree, and I haven't found any yet. Chop it down! Why should it take up space?”

Luke 13:9

Perhaps it will have figs on it next year. If it doesn't, you can have it cut down.”

Luke 14:35

It is no longer good for the soil or even for the manure pile. People simply throw it out. If you have ears, pay attention!

Romans 10:1

Dear friends, my greatest wish and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.

Romans 11:14

I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord isn't slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost.