Luke 13:6

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Luke 13:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

5 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

6 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.

7 So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

8 ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

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Psalms 80:8

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

Psalms 80:9

You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

Psalms 80:10

The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.

Psalms 80:11

It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.

Psalms 80:12

Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

Psalms 80:13

The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Isaiah 5:2

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Isaiah 5:3

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Jeremiah 2:21

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

Matthew 21:19

Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

Matthew 21:20

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

Mark 11:12

The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

Mark 11:13

Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.

Mark 11:14

Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

Luke 20:10

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 20:11

So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

Luke 20:12

Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

Luke 20:13

‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

Luke 20:14

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Matthew 21:34

When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

Matthew 21:35

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 21:36

Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

Matthew 21:37

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

Matthew 21:39

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Matthew 21:40

Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Philippians 4:17

Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.