King James Version (KJV)
Luke 13:8
“‹And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung› [it]:”
Verse in context — Luke 13
6
He spake also this parable; ‹A certain› [man] ‹had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.›
7
‹Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?›
8
‹And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung› [it]:
9
‹And if it bear fruit,› [well]: ‹and if not,› [then] ‹after that thou shalt cut it down.›
10
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
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