And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and fertilize it:
Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
But that which bears thorns and briars is worthless, and is near unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.