Luke 13:8 KJV
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
Matthew Henry
- Parable of the barren fig-treeThis parable of the barren fig-tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, except it brings forth fruit, will be cut down....
Thompson Chains
- Christ's IntercessionSee the chain from Isaiah 53:12 · 8 links
- Longsuffering (1)See the chain from Numbers 14:18 · 6 links
- Penalty DelayedLink 7 of 8 · next 1 Peter 3:20
Harmony of the Gospels
- § 53 The slaughter of certain Galileans. Parable of the barren Fig-treeTold in Luke alone
Cross References
- Exodus 32:11–13 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? …
- Exodus 32:30–32 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. …
- Exodus 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
- Numbers 14:11–20 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? …
- Joshua 7:7–9 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! …
- Psalms 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
- Jeremiah 14:7–9 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. …
- Jeremiah 14:13–18 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. …
- Jeremiah 15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Jeremiah 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
- Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
- Romans 11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
- 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Topics
- Church Backslidden
- Fig tree Barren, parable of
- God Longsuffering of God
- Jesus, the Christ Parable of the barren fig tree (in Galilee)
- Judgment According to opportunity and works
- Manure Used as fertilizer
- Probation The fig tree
- Reproof Of the barren fig tree
- Responsibility According to privilege
- Unfaithfulness General scriptures concerning Unfaithfulness
- Unfruitfulness General scriptures concerning Unfruitfulness
- Vineyard Parables of Vineyard
- Works The barren fig tree
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 27–31 · The Ministry of Jesus Christ
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Greek and Strong’s
- And δὲ de δέ Conjunction
- he answering Ὁ Ho Pronoun · third person, nominative masculine singular ἀποκριθεὶς apokritheis ἀποκρίνομαι Verb · aorist passive participle, nominative masculine singular
- said λέγει legei λέγω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
- unto him αὐτῷ autō αὐτός Pronoun · third person, dative masculine singular
- Lord Κύριε Kyrie κύριος Noun · vocative masculine singular
- let ἀφίημι aphíēmi
- it αὐτὴν autēn αὐτός Pronoun · third person, accusative feminine singular
- alone ἄφες aphes ἀφίημι Verb · aorist active imperative, second person singular
- this τοῦτο touto Article · accusative neuter singular τοῦτο toûto
- year τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular ἔτος etos ἔτος Noun · accusative neuter singular
- also καὶ kai καί Adverb
- till ἕως heōs ἕως Conjunction ὅτου hotou Pronoun · genitive neuter singular ὅτου hótou
- I shall dig σκάψω skapsō σκάπτω Verb · aorist active subjunctive, first person singular
- about περὶ peri περί Preposition
- it αὐτήν autēn αὐτός Pronoun · third person, accusative feminine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- dung βάλω balō βάλλω Verb · aorist active subjunctive, first person singular κοπρία kopria κοπρία Noun · accusative neuter plural
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