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Luke 13:8
And he answered, and said vnto him, Lord, let it alone this yeere also, till I digge round about it, and doung it.
Luke 13:8 · Geneva 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 I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 He spake also this parable, A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyard: and he came and sought fruite thereon, and found none.
7 Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, this three yeeres haue I come and sought fruite of this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe: why keepeth it also the ground barren?
8 And he answered, and said vnto him, Lord, let it alone this yeere also, till I digge round about it, and doung it.
9 And if it beare fruite, well: if not, then after thou shalt cut it downe.
10 And he taught in one of ye Synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11 And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmitie eighteene yeeres, and was bowed together, and coulde not lift vp her selfe in any wise.
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