Luke 13:9

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

and if it may bear fruit for the future; …but, otherwise, certainly, thou shalt cut it down.

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Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.

But, should it be bringing forth thorns and briars, it is disapproved, and, unto cursing, nigh,—whose end is for burning.

Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus—and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary,—

And, he, answering, saith unto him—Sir! let it alone this year also, until such time as I dig about it, and throw in manure,—

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues, on the Sabbath.