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If not, then cut it down.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If we get figs next year, fine. If not, then you can cut it down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />and if indeed it should bear fruit in the <i>time</i>, so be it. But if not, you will cut it down.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if it bear fruit, <i>well</i>: and if not, <i>then</i> after that thou shalt cut it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And if it bears fruit, <i>well.</i> But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if it bears fruit next <i>year, fine;</i> but if not, cut it down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and if it bears fruit next year, <i>fine;</i> but if not, cut it down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and if it bears fruit next year, <i>fine</i>, but if not, cut it down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and if it bears fruit after this, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Maybe it will have figs on it next year. If it doesn't, you can have it cut down." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Maybe next year it'll have figs. But if not, then cut it down.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then if the tree bears figs next year, so much the better; if not, then you can have it cut down.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Maybe next year it will bear fruit. If not, then cut it down.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If it bears fruit, fine. But if not, you can cut it down next year.??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And if it bears fruit next time, [fine]; but if not, you can cut it down.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if it shall bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and if indeed it may bear fruit—and if not so, thereafter you will cut it off.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />and if indeed it should bear fruit in the <i>time</i>, so be it. But if not, you will cut it down.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and if indeed it may bear fruit -- ;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Whereas also it might bear fruit: and if not, afterwards thou shalt cut it off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And, indeed, it should bear fruit. But if not, in the future, you shall cut it down.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.’ ” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />It might bear fruit; and if not, then you can cut it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And perhaps it will have borne fruit, otherwise next year you should cut it down.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />and it may bear fruit; but if not, after ward you shall cut it down.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>and if it may bear fruit in the future; and if not you shall cut it down.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />perhaps it may then produce fruit: but if it does not, afterwards thou shalt cut it down.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />perhaps it may bear fruit: if not, you may after that hew it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>And if, indeed, it bear fruit for the future, <i>well</i>; but, if not, you shall cut it down.'"<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>then perhaps it may bear fruit; if not, afterwards cut it down.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/13-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=5575" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/13.htm">The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2579.htm" title="2579: kan (Conj) -- And if, even if, even, at least. From kai and ean; and if.">If</a> <a href="/greek/3303.htm" title="3303: men (Conj) -- A primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession; usually followed by a contrasted clause with de."></a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsē (V-ASA-3S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">it bears</a> <a href="/greek/2590.htm" title="2590: karpon (N-AMS) -- Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively.">fruit</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">next year,</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: mellon (V-PPA-ANS) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.">fine.</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/1490.htm" title="1490: mē¦ge (Adv) -- But if not, else, otherwise. From ei, de, and me; but if not.">not,</a> <a href="/greek/1581.htm" title="1581: ekkopseis (V-FIA-2S) -- To cut out (off, away), remove, prevent. From ek and kopto; to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate.">you can cut it down.’”</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēn (PPro-AF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> </span> <span class="reftext">10</span>One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-2.htm">John 15:2</a></span><br />He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-19.htm">Matthew 7:19</a></span><br />Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></span><br />I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a></span><br />If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a></span><br />Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-21.htm">Romans 11:21-22</a></span><br />For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Jeremiah 8:13</a></span><br />I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a></span><br />I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1</a></span><br />Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-33.htm">Matthew 12:33</a></span><br />Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a></span><br />You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/15-2.htm">Ezekiel 15:2-6</a></span><br />“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? / Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? / No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7-8</a></span><br />For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. / But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.</p><p class="hdg">if not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Ezra 9:14,15</a></b></br> Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed <i>us</i>, so that <i>there should be</i> no remnant nor escaping? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-22.htm">Psalm 69:22-28</a></b></br> Let their table become a snare before them: and <i>that which should have been</i> for <i>their</i> welfare, <i>let it become</i> a trap… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Daniel 9:5-8</a></b></br> We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/11-48.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/mark/4-28.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/luke/7-25.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/luke/12-43.htm">Good</a> <a href="/luke/12-7.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Thenceforth</a> <a href="/psalms/111-10.htm">Thereafter</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/14-27.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/john/1-15.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/luke/19-27.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Good</a> <a href="/luke/13-30.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/john/19-12.htm">Thenceforth</a> <a href="/acts/13-21.htm">Thereafter</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/13-1.htm">Jesus preaches repentance upon the punishment of the Galilaeans and others.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/13-6.htm">The fruitless fig tree may not stand.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/13-10.htm">He heals the crooked woman;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/13-18.htm">shows the powerful working of the word, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/13-20.htm">and of leaven;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/13-22.htm">exhorts to enter in at the strait gate;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/13-31.htm">and reproves Herod and Jerusalem.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If it bears fruit next year, fine.</b><br>This phrase is part of a parable Jesus tells about a fig tree, symbolizing Israel or an individual believer. The expectation of bearing fruit is a common biblical metaphor for producing good works or demonstrating faithfulness (<a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Matthew 7:16-20</a>). The "next year" indicates a period of grace and patience, reflecting God's longsuffering nature (<a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a>). The fig tree is often used in Scripture to represent Israel (<a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a>), and the call to bear fruit is a call to repentance and spiritual productivity. The patience shown by the vineyard owner mirrors God's patience with humanity, giving time for repentance and transformation.<p><b>But if not, you can cut it down.’”</b><br>The warning of cutting down the tree if it remains fruitless is a sobering reminder of judgment. This reflects the principle that while God is patient, there is an eventual accountability (<a href="/john/15-2.htm">John 15:2, 6</a>). The act of cutting down the tree is symbolic of divine judgment, which is consistent with the Old Testament imagery of God as a gardener who removes unproductive branches (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>). This phrase underscores the urgency of repentance and the reality of consequences for spiritual barrenness. The parable as a whole serves as a call to self-examination and a reminder of the necessity of living a life that reflects one's faith in tangible ways.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_vineyard_owner.htm">The Vineyard Owner</a></b><br>Represents God, who is patient and desires fruitfulness from His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fig_tree.htm">The Fig Tree</a></b><br>Symbolizes Israel or, more broadly, individuals who are expected to produce spiritual fruit.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_gardener.htm">The Gardener</a></b><br>Represents Jesus or a spiritual leader who intercedes and works to cultivate growth.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_vineyard.htm">The Vineyard</a></b><br>The setting for the parable, symbolizing the world or the community of believers.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_inspection.htm">The Event of Inspection</a></b><br>The time when the owner checks for fruit, symbolizing God's judgment or evaluation of spiritual productivity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_mercy.htm">God's Patience and Mercy</a></b><br>God is patient and gives us time to repent and bear fruit. His mercy is evident in His willingness to wait and nurture us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The parable underscores the necessity of repentance and transformation. We are called to examine our lives and turn from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a></b><br>Just as the gardener intercedes for the fig tree, we are called to intercede for others, praying for their spiritual growth and fruitfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_fruit.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Fruit</a></b><br>Bearing fruit is a sign of a healthy spiritual life. We should strive to cultivate the fruits of the Spirit in our daily walk with Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a></b><br>There is a time when God will evaluate our lives. We must live with the awareness that our actions and spiritual growth matter.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_cyprus's_role_in_the_bible.htm">When was Jesus crucified?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_show_approval_worthiness.htm">What does the Fig Tree Prophecy entail?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_luke's_fig_tree_parable_differ.htm">Luke 13:6–9: How does this fig tree parable align with or contradict similar accounts in other Gospels, and why does it seem incomplete here? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_enter_the_narrow_gate.htm">How can one enter through the narrow gate?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">And if it bear fruit.</span>--Some of the better MSS. have, <span class= "ital">if it bear fruit in the time to come</span> . . . With either reading the sentence is elliptical, and the insertion of "well," as in the English, is needed to convey its meaning.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/13-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="grk">κἂν</span> <span class="translit">(kan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2579.htm">Strong's 2579: </a> </span><span class="str2">And if, even if, even, at least. From kai and ean; and if.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it bears</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιήσῃ</span> <span class="translit">(poiēsē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fruit</span><br /><span class="grk">καρπὸν</span> <span class="translit">(karpon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2590.htm">Strong's 2590: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[next year],</span><br /><span class="grk">τὸ</span> <span class="translit">(to)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fine.</span><br /><span class="grk">μέλλον</span> <span class="translit">(mellon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3195.htm">Strong's 3195: </a> </span><span class="str2">A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰ</span> <span class="translit">(ei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not,</span><br /><span class="grk">μή¦γε</span> <span class="translit">(mē¦ge)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1490.htm">Strong's 1490: </a> </span><span class="str2">But if not, else, otherwise. From ei, de, and me; but if not.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you can cut it down.’”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκκόψεις</span> <span class="translit">(ekkopseis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1581.htm">Strong's 1581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut out (off, away), remove, prevent. 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