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Selected Verse: Luke 13:9 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 13:9 |
Strong Concordance |
And if [2579] [3303] it bear [4160] fruit [2590], well: and if not [1490], then after that [1519] [3195] thou shalt cut [1581] it [846] down [1581]. |
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King James |
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
if . . . fruit, well--Genuine repentance, however late, avails to save (Luk 23:42-43).
after that, &c.--The final perdition of such as, after the utmost limits of reasonable forbearance, are found fruitless, will be pre-eminently and confessedly just (Pro 1:24-31; Eze 24:13). |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that
Join afar that with bear fruit. "If it bear fruit for the future (εἰς τὸ μέλλον, Rev., thenceforth), well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down." Trench ("Parables") cites an Arabian writer's receipt for curing a palm-tree of barrenness. "Thou must take a hatchet, and go to the tree with a friend, unto whom thou sayest, 'I will cut down this tree, for it is unfruitful.' He answers, 'Do not so, this year it will certainly bear fruit.' But the other says, 'It must needs be - it must be hewn down;' and gives the stem of the tree three blows with the back of the hatchet. But the other restrains him, crying, 'Nay, do it not, thou wilt certainly have fruit from it this year, only have patience with it, and be not overhasty in cutting it down; if it still refuses to bear fruit, then cut it down.' Then will the tree that year be certainly fruitful and bear abundantly." Trench adds that this story appears to be widely spread in the East.
Thou shalt cut it down
The vine-dresser does not say, "I will cut," but refers that to the master. |
13 In thy filthiness [02932] is lewdness [02154]: because I have purged [02891] thee, and thou wast not purged [02891], thou shalt not be purged [02891] from thy filthiness [02932] any more, till I have caused my fury [02534] to rest [05117] upon thee.
24 Because I have called [07121], and ye refused [03985]; I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027], and no man regarded [07181];
25 But ye have set at nought [06544] all my counsel [06098], and would [014] none of my reproof [08433]:
26 I also will laugh [07832] at your calamity [0343]; I will mock [03932] when your fear [06343] cometh [0935];
27 When your fear [06343] cometh [0935] as desolation [07722] [07584], and your destruction [0343] cometh [0857] as a whirlwind [05492]; when distress [06869] and anguish [06695] cometh [0935] upon you.
28 Then shall they call [07121] upon me, but I will not answer [06030]; they shall seek me early [07836], but they shall not find [04672] me:
29 For that they hated [08130] knowledge [01847], and did not choose [0977] the fear [03374] of the LORD [03068]:
30 They would [014] none of my counsel [06098]: they despised [05006] all my reproof [08433].
31 Therefore shall they eat [0398] of the fruit [06529] of their own way [01870], and be filled [07646] with their own devices [04156].
42 And [2532] he said [3004] unto Jesus [2424], Lord [2962], remember [3415] me [3450] when [3752] thou comest [2064] into [1722] thy [4675] kingdom [932].
43 And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Verily [281] I say [3004] unto thee [4671], To day [4594] shalt thou be [2071] with [3326] me [1700] in [1722] paradise [3857].