If it bears fruit next year, well and good, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”
He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone
He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it.
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.