"And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung {it}:" — Luke 13:8

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}:”

— Luke 13:8

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

Verse 9

And if it bear fruit, {well}: and if not, {then} after that thou shalt cut it down.

Luke 13 — Context

He spake also this parable; A certain {man} had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung {it}:

And if it bear fruit, {well}: and if not, {then} after that thou shalt cut it down.

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

Cross References

Romans 10:1

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

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.

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? {rule over: or, use a byword against}

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.

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}.

Romans 11:14

If by any means I may provoke to emulation {them which are} my flesh, and might save some of them.

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.

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!