Study it in the app“And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years I have been coming looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I do not find any. Cut it down; why should it also use up the ground?’”
Andδὲhe saidεἶπενtoπρὸςthe vinedresser,τὸν ἀμπελουργόν‘Look,Ἰδοὺforἀφ’ οὗthreeτρίαyearsἔτηI have been comingἔρχομαιlooking forζητῶνfruitκαρπὸνonἐνthisτῇ ταύτῃfig tree,συκῇandκαὶI do notοὐχfind any.εὑρίσκωCutἔκκοψονitαὐτήνdown;ἔκκοψονwhyἱνατίshould it alsoκαὶuse upκαταργεῖthe ground?’τὴν γῆν
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearsvinedresser
Vinedresser, vineyard worker.
Where else “ampelourgon” appearsthree
Three.
Where else “tria” appearsyear
Year.
Where else “etē” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchomai” appearsseek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētōn” appearsfruit
What a plant produces, which is harvested and eaten.
Where else “karpon” appearsfig tree
Fig tree.
Where else “sykēi” appearsfind
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heuriskō” appearscut down
To fell something, like a tree.
Where else “ekkopson” appearswhy
"Why?", "for what reason?".
Where else “hinati” appearsnullify
To make something powerless.
Where else “katargei” appearsground
What is underfoot, dry land.
Where else “gēn” appears6And he was telling this parable: “Someone had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, and did not find any.
7 · This verse (above)
8But he answered and says to him, ‘Master, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure;
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?
