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Luke 13:9
And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Luke 13:9 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 13:9 in other translations
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
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In context
6 He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard: and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
7 And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down therefore. Why cumbereth it the ground?
8 But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it and dung it.
9 And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath.
11 And behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. And she was bowed together: neither could she look upwards at all.
12 Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity.
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