Luke 13:7

Good News Translation (US Version)

So he said to his gardener, ‘Look, for three years I have been coming here looking for figs on this fig tree, and I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it go on using up the soil?’

Cross References

Matthew 7:19

And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.

Luke 3:9

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.”

John 15:6

Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.

John 15:2

He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

Exodus 32:10

Now, don't try to stop me. I am angry with them, and I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you and your descendants into a great nation.”

Daniel 4:14

He proclaimed in a loud voice, ‘Cut the tree down and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Drive the animals from under it and the birds out of its branches.

Leviticus 19:23

“When you come into the land of Canaan and plant any kind of fruit tree, consider the fruit ritually unclean for the first three years. During that time you must not eat it.

Leviticus 25:21

The Lord will bless the land in the sixth year so that it will produce enough food for two years.

Luke 13:8

But the gardener answered, ‘Leave it alone, sir, just one more year; I will dig around it and put in some fertilizer.