Luke

Luke 13:7

⁷So 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!^a Why should it use up the soil?’

Footnotes

a 13:7 SBL, NE, WH Cut it down!

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
he said	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
to	πρὸς	pros	Preposition	G4314 to, towards, with
the	τὸν	ton	Article - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
keeper of the vineyard	ἀμπελουργόν	ampelourgon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G289 a vine-dresser
Look	Ἰδοὺ	Idou	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G2400 See! Lo! Behold! Look!
for	ἀφ’	aph’	Preposition	G575 from, away from
the past	οὗ	hou	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
three	τρία	tria	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural	G5140 three
years	ἔτη	etē	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G2094 a year
I have come	ἔρχομαι	erchomai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular	G2064 I come, go
to search for	ζητῶν	zētōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2212 I seek, search for, desire
fruit	καρπὸν	karpon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2590 fruit, result, gain
on	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
this	ταύτῃ	tautē	Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular	G3778 this, he, she, it
fig tree	συκῇ	sykē	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G4808 a fig-tree
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
haven’t found	εὑρίσκω	heuriskō	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G2147 I find
Therefore	οὖν	oun	Conjunction	G3767 therefore, then
cut it down	ἔκκοψον	ekkopson	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G1581 I cut out, cut off
Why	ἵνα‿	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
should it use up	καταργεῖ	katargei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2673 I bring to naught, sever, abolish
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
soil	γῆν	gēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1093 the earth, soil, land

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Matthew 7:19 · Luke 3:9 · John 15:6 · Romans 2:4–5 · John 15:2 · Leviticus 19:23 · Matthew 3:9–10 · Exodus 32:10 · Daniel 4:14 · Leviticus 25:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.