Luke 3:9

Luke chapter 3 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Context

v.8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

v.9This passage

v.10And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Daniel 4:14
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
Matthew 3:10
And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 7:19
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Luke 13:7
And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?
John 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Ezekiel 15:2
Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?