Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”
As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,
“But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.