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Luke 13:8
But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
Luke 13:8 · Darby Bible
Luke 13:8 in other translations
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
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In context
5 No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.
6 And he spoke this parable: A certain [man] had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find [any].
7 And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, [these] three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?
8 But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
9 and if it shall bear fruit — but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
11 And lo, [there was] a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to lift her head up.
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