and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,
`And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;
every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men `are' contrary,
and that which is bearing thorns and briers `is' disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end `is' for burning;