"For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?" — Luke 23:31

Luke 23:31 · KJV

“For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”

— Luke 23:31

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

Luke 23 — Context

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed {are} the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. {Calvary: or, The place of a skull}

Cross References

1 Peter 4:17-18

For the time {is come} that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if {it} first {begin} at us, what shall the end {be} of them that obey not the gospel of God?

John 15:6

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast {them} into the fire, and they are burned.

Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Ezekiel 20:47-48

And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

Ezekiel 15:2-7

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, {or than} a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Matthew 3:12

Whose fan {is} in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Ezekiel 21:3-4

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I {am} against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Jeremiah 25:29

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. {which...: Heb. upon which my name is called}