Matthew 21:19 Cross References - NSB

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.

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? ⁵ »Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.

¹⁴ He spoke about the tree that no man would ever eat fruit from it from that day forward.

⁹ »The axe is now at the root of the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown in to the fire.«

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. ⁷ »So he told his gardener, I have been coming here looking for figs on this tree for three years. I have not found any. So cut it down! Why should it continue using the soil? ⁸ »But the gardener said: Just give it one more year, sir. I will dig around it, fertilize it and leave it alone. ⁹ »If the tree bears figs next year it will be good. If it does not you can have it cut down.«

⁴² He said: »If you only knew today the things needed to bring peace! But they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ »The time is coming when your enemies will surround you and blockade you with a rampart (wall) on all sides. They will close in on you. ⁴⁴ »They will knock you and your children down to the ground. They will not leave one stone upon another. What’s more you do not know when this visit will take place.«

² »He takes away the branches in me that do not bear fruit. He cleans every branch that bears fruit. That way it may bear more fruit.

⁶ »If a man does not remain with me, he is removed as a branch, and withers. They gather them and throw them into the fire where they are burned (destroyed) (consumed).

⁵ having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Stay away from people like this!

¹⁶ They profess that they know God; but deny him by their works! They are detestable, disobedient, and not approved for any good work.

⁷ The earth that drinks in the rain that comes upon it, and brings forth vegetation for those by whom it was cultivated, receives blessing from God. ⁸ That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to being cursed. It ends up being burned.

²⁰ After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² It happened to them according to the true proverb: »The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.«

¹² These men are hidden rocks in your love feasts when they feast (entertain) with you. They are shepherds that without fear feed themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds. They are autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.

¹¹ »He who is unjust, let him be unjust still. And he who is filthy, let him be filthy still. And he who is righteous, let him be righteous still. And he who is holy, let him be holy still.