And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,
But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.