Luke 13:6 Cross References - NSB

⁶ Jesus told them an illustration: »There was a man who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He looked for figs on it but found none.

⁸ You brought a vine from Egypt. You forced out the nations and planted it. ⁹ You cleared the ground for it so that it took root and filled the land. ¹⁰ Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars. ¹¹ It reached out with its branches to the Mediterranean Sea. Its shoots reached the Euphrates River. ¹² Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit. ¹³ Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it.

¹ Let me sing to my loved one a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hill. ² He dug the soil all around and removed its stones. He planted it with the choicest vine. And he built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then he expected it to produce good grapes, but it only produced worthless ones. ³ »Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me! ⁴ »What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?

²¹ »I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine.

³⁴ »When the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit. ³⁵ »The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other. ³⁶ »He sent other servants more in number than the first. They did the same to them. ³⁷ »Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘Certainly they will respect my son.’ ³⁸ »When the workmen saw the son, they said, ‘Let us put him to death and take his heritage, for someday he will own this property.’ ³⁹ »They took him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ »When the lord of the vineyard returns, what will he do to the workmen?«

¹⁹ He saw a fig tree along the side of the road. He went to it and saw nothing on it but leaves. He told it: »You will not bare fruit from this time forward, forever.« Immediately the fig tree became dry and dead. ²⁰ The disciples were surprised when they saw it. They asked how the fig tree became dry so quickly?

¹² The next day they left Bethany. He was hungry. ¹³ He saw a fig tree far off. When he got closer he found nothing but leaves for it was not the season of figs. ¹⁴ He spoke about the tree that no man would ever eat fruit from it from that day forward.

¹⁰ »At harvest time he sent a servant to the renters to collect fruit of the vineyard. The renters beat him, and sent him away empty. ¹¹ »He sent another servant who was also treated shamefully, beaten and sent away empty. ¹² »A third servant was sent. They wounded him and threw him out. ¹³ »The owner of the vineyard said, what should I do? I will send my beloved son. Maybe they will respect him. ¹⁴ »When the renters saw him they reasoned that this is the heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

¹⁶ »You did not choose me. I chose you and appointed you. You should go and bear fruit and your fruit should remain. Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

²² The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift but I seek the fruit that adds to your account.