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Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Luke 13:7 — KJV
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Luke 13:7
King James Version (KJV)
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Luke 13:7
Verse 7 of 35
Commentary
Commentary on Luke 13:7
Theological / DevotionalDresser of his vineyard. Literally, “vine worker.”
These three years. Three years had passed by since the owner of the vineyard considered that this particular tree had reached the age when fruit might be expected of it. He had given it ample opportunity to bear fruit if it was ever going to do so.
Cut it down. Literally, “cut it out,” that is, “from among” the vines of the vineyard.
Cumbereth it. The Greek has in addition the word “also.” In other words, in addition to bearing no fruit itself, the tree also took up space that might otherwise be made productive. The Jewish nation had come to the place where it was not merely useless, so far as fulfilling the role God had appointed it; it had become an obstruction to the carrying out of the plan of salvation for others (COL 215; see Vol. IV, pp. 31-33).
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