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Butδὲheὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςandsaysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ‘Master,Κύριεleaveἄφεςitαὐτὴνthisτοῦτοyearτὸ ἔτοςalso,καὶuntilἕως ὅτουI digσκάψωaroundπερὶitαὐτὴνandκαὶput onβάλωmanure;κόπρια
Luke 13:8
Study it in the app“But he answered and says to him, ‘Master, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure;”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:8, word by word
- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- ‘MasterΚύριεKyrie
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “Kyrie” appears- leaveἄφεςaphes
leave
To part from something or someone and go on without it.
Where else “aphes” appears- yearἔτοςetos
year
Year.
Where else “etos” appears- I digσκάψωskapsō
dig
Dig.
Where else “skapsō” appears- put onβάλωbalō
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “balō” appears- manureκόπριαkopria
manure
Manure, dung used as fertilizer.
Where else “kopria” appears
The context
7And 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?’
8 · This verse (above)
9and if it bears fruit in the future, well and good; but if not, you will cut it down.’”
To study Luke 13 in a group
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?