Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled [shed along with] with their sacrifices. 13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans … Luke 13:9, NASB: "and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.''" He refers to death in an eschatological sense, a destruction of one’s soul (compare Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33). Luke 13:9, NLT: "If we get figs next year, fine. This passage, like John 15:2-6, is a warning against unfruitful lives in His people! But He leaves it to His Father’s will to execute the sentence, should all prove in vain.—Another interpretation, starting with the thought that individual repentance had just been enjoined (Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5), finds in the fig tree a reference to the individual man. Is it not to this that the prevalent view of Mary Magdalene's character is to be traced? Luke 13:9, ESV: "Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”" Luke 13:9, KJV: "And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down." Then after that thou shalt cut it down] The fig tree, they say, if it bear not the fourth year after it is planted, will never bear at all. ἐκκόψεις, THOU shalt cut it down—not ἐκκόψω; and I find in this an additional proof of the correctness of the foregoing interpretation. do with it as thou pleasest, nothing more will be said or pleaded Were there no one in the kingdom of God answering to this dresser of the vineyard, who pleads, and as is here supposed successfully, for a respite to the tree, we might take this feature of the parable as but a part of its drapery, not to be pressed into the exposition of it. Just as Pilate’s and the tower’s victims did not enjoy the luxury of choosing the time of their demise, likewise the unrepentant will suddenly find they have delayed too long and lost themselves. The parable of the mustard seed, Luke 13:18, Luke 13:19; of the leaven, Luke 13:20-21. The owner of the vineyard, having planted a fig tree in it, "came and sought fruit thereon;" for in the natural course of things fruit, in such a case, was to be expected. “If it bear fruit for the future ( εἰς τὸ μέλλον , Rev., thenceforth )well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.” Trench (“Parables”) cites an Arabian writer's receipt for curing a palm-tree of barrenness. Then will the tree that year be certainly fruitful and bear abundantly.” Trench adds that this story appears to be widely spread in the East. The extraordinary means used to bring them to repentance, after the resurrection of Christ, by the effusion of his Spirit, and the preaching of the apostles, might with great propriety be expressed by digging round the barren tree, and dunging it. theirs also: after that; Aposiopesis, sudden breaking off for effect (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1203). Luke 13:9. (2) It must be fruit in its season. He answers, 'Do not so, this year it will certainly bear fruit.' says divine justice; and in due time, still more fatally, responds divine mercy. LUKE 13:9. "Wilt thou not be made clean? But the other restrains him, crying, 'Nay, do it not, thou wilt certainly have fruit from it this year, only have patience with it, and be not overhasty in cutting it down; if it still refuses to bear fruit, then cut it down.' The moral of that story is found in Luke 13:3: “Unless you repent, you will likewise perish.” But when does God come, seeking fruit from men thus privileged? It depends on the master, though the vinedresser tacitly recognises that the decision will be just. 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;. The case of the thief on the cross decides this for all time and for every soul. Text: Luke 13:1-9 In August of 1965 a folk singer named Barry McGuire released a single titled “Eve of Destruction”. mege, compound of me. Luk 13:9 And if it bears fruit, well; and if not, then after that you shall cut it down. following", as the Persic version renders it: thou shall cut it down; He journeys towards Jerusalem, and preaches, Luke 13:22. (Witham). "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?" And if it bear fruit thenceforth (καν μεν ποιησηι καρπον εις το μελλον — k'an men poiēsēi karpon eis to mellon). Be wise now, therefore, O ye fruitless; be instructed, ye foolish and unwise: Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that. What is fruit? We don’t know any more about this event than is here reported. And if happily it bear fruit. Beware lest that come upon you which is spoken of by the prophet, "Because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness anymore, until I have caused my fury to rest upon thee" (Ezekiel 24:13). Jesus is here referring to the coming era of God’s Kingdom rule, under which faithful ones will enjoy everlasting life. WORDS OF JESUS IN RED. Luke 13:9. εἰς τὸ μέλλον: if it bear the coming year —well (εὖ ἔχει understood).— ἐκκόψεις, if not, thou shalt cut it down —thou, not I. Both stories call for repentance. Who that had been drawing up an unreal Story would ever have thought of inserting in it such incidents as these? Had the dressing not been what it is, the wonder would have been less. '", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it, hangs eternity. ‘After that,’ or ‘hereafter,’ belongs to this part of the verse. LUKE 13:1-9. onʹ, having the basic meaning “age,” can refer to a state of affairs or to features that distinguish a certain period of time, epoch, or age. 20:20 ) about cutting down trees, and which the Jews explain they are, for good works are profitable to men; and it is well parable become a farce, and the lesson becomes an enigma. 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. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’ ” It is a way of speaking, when a sentence is left imperfect; yet what is not expressed, may be easily understood; as here we may understand, well and good, or the like. and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down. Answer: Jesus told the Parable of the Fig Tree—Luke 13:6-9—immediately after reminding His listeners of a tower over the pool of Siloam (John 9:7) which unexpectedly fell and killed eighteen people. If good be not done at first coming of the gospel to any place, seldom is any good ever done there. 6-9). Every barren tree it is lawful to cut down, even though a man hath no need of it; and so a tree for meat, which does hurt, and does not produce but little fruit, and it is not worth while to labour about it, it is lawful to cut it down: and how much may an olive tree produce, and it may not be cut down? Cut it down— The echo of the owner’s words in Luke 13:7. Luke 13:6-9. The vine dresser is the Holy Spirit, who wrought through the prophets and afterwards more powerfully through the Apostles. If not, then cut it down.’” The parable of the barren fig tree, vv. He comes, demanding the fruit. 1-3. “ And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. 13:8-9 This symbolizes the patience and mercy of God, however, Luke 13:9 shows the reality of judgment. With either reading the sentence is elliptical, and the insertion of “well,” as in the English, is needed to convey its meaning. So what is the Word of God referring to here? (1) The small incidents recorded at the beginning of this chapter bear irresistible marks of historical truth in the Evangelical Records. in its behalf; full consent shall be given, and no more Last week's Gospel lesson (12:13-21) warned against storing up treasure for oneself without being rich toward God. ones; there is a law in ( Deuteronomy 6:4–5; … Then, Luke reports (13:1), “on the same occasion,” some were present who reported to Jesus about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. It is a very humbling recollection, those years of love and care, those years of unfaithfulness and emptiness which God all along has been counting. And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. Have we been visited with crushing trials, fitted to bring down pride, and soften the heart, and give the lessons of religion an entrance they never had before? The first thing which strikes us, perhaps, in this transaction is its individuality. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Luke 13:1-9. Physical, intellectual, impassioned, spiritual. Browse Sermons on Luke 13:1-9. But when we think of all that hand has done—all the cherishing and the watching and the pruning and the training,—then we can estimate that dismal word, "None, none." Luke 13:7; but refers the whole case to the Lord of the vineyard: however, He ceases to intercede for the fig-tree, that it should be spared.— μέλλον) viz. And even when the fruitless are borne with, it is because of the good offices of an Intercessor, and solely with a view to fresh culture. And it is with a view to this that many are in mercy spared after their long-continued impenitence under high religious culture seemed to be but preparing them to be cut down. The additional means used suggest the Atoning death and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Comp. Trench (Parables) tells a story like this of intercession for the fig tree for one year more which is widely current among the Arabs today who say that it will certainly bear fruit this time. The Fig Tree, Luke 13:1-9. by Matt Slick | Dec 4, 2008 | Parables, Christianity. is His question. And surely it is a loud call to immediate repentance when one has any good reason to think that he is on his last trial! And if it bear fruit, well. And if it bear fruit, [well] - all then will yet be right; And if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down - I will then no longer interpose: all is over. In the original there is something of an abrupt wayof speaking in this passage, of which the reader will find many examples in Raphelius Annot. TWO STORIES AND A PARABLE Luke gives us a pair of stories that call us to repentance (vv. If not, thou shalt out it down. ), hereafter:—and purposely so;—because, in the collective sense, the sentence lingered. VI. to a king that hath an uncultivated field; he says to his gardener, go and manure it, and make it a vineyard: the gardener went and manured that field, and planted it a vineyard; the vineyard grew, and produced wine, and it turned to vinegar; when the king saw that the wine turned to vinegar, he said to the gardener, go, וקוץ אותה, "and cut it down", why should I seek after a vineyard that brings forth that which is sour? "As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that he should turn from his way and live. (7) Genuine repentance, however late, avails to save: "If it bear fruit (well);" and only if not, was it to be cut down. Alas, of multitudes the report must still be - "and found none"! but, "Are you a fruit-bearer in this Church? It is not, "Is this a fruitful Church?" He comes, saying, 'Any fruit?' — The final perdition of such as, after the utmost limits of reasonable forbearance, are found fruitless, will be pre-eminently and confessedly just (Proverbs 1:24-31; Ezekiel 24:13). 28 There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. The additional care is then mainly the Pentecostal blessing. But, with the great facts of mediation before us, it is impossible not to see here something more than drapery. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. And if it bear fruit, well Likewise, a failure to repent and live for God will show a lack of fruit, equally evident. ἔτος, in the year to come, in antithesis to this year ( τοῦτο τὸ ἔτος), Luke 13:8. For you felt a godly … Luke chapter 1 KJV (King James Version) 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,. Luke 13:9 Context. "Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none. Of course when the barren tree is removed another will be planted in its place. The vine-dresser does not say, “I will cut,” but refers that to the master. It is the Intercessor Himself that says this. "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thought, and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, and He will abundantly pardon." The Parable Of The Barren Fig Tree. ex Xenoph. All judgment is committed to THE SON:—it is not the work of the Holy Spirit to cut down and destroy, for He is the Giver of life. "Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none." Salem Media Group. See it also in Mark 11:32; Acts 23:9. 8 And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; 9 and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’” 10 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And if it bear fruit after that, well. . As much as if you were the only member in that Church, the whole circuit of its ordinances is for you. intercession used: any trees might not be cut down, only barren "It is time to Seek the Lord, until He come and rain righteousness upon you," (Proverbs 1:22; Jeremiah 4:14; Jeremiah 13:27; Hosea 10:12). This view is thought by many to accord better with the delicate shading of thought in Luke 13:9, and to afford the best basis for a continued application of the parable. (6) It is worthy of notice that the respite sought in the parable was not another three years, but just "one year." But the day of doom without mercy at last arrives, a type and prelude of a more terrible wrath in the world of retribution. Luke 13:1-9 gives the parable of the barren fig tree. They are borne with, but with a certain impatience and indignation. And what is that fresh culture for which He pleads? THE LESSON, "REPENT OR PERISH," SUGGESTED BY TWO RECENT INCIDENTS, AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE. Hilch. "He sought fruit, and found none.". Much less would they ever have occurred to such untutored writers as these Records show their authors to have been. God may surround and ply him with means; but he leaves it at the last to the man himself to decide, by his own free will, between these two, If God has indeed predetermined the matter, if the barrenness of the tree is the secured consequent of his own previous decree, then the events of the entire. It comes to the same.— ἐκκόψεις, thou shalt cut it off [down]) The Vine-dresser does not say, I will cut it off (down); comp. If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is done; it is well for themselves, they shall eat the fruit of their doings; it is well for the churches where they are, for good works are profitable to men; and it is well for the owner of the vineyard, and the dresser of it too, for when Christ has his fruit from his churches, his ministers have theirs also: after that; "for the time to come", as the Vulgate Latin; or "year following", as the Persic version renders it: thou shall cut it down; do with it as thou pleasest, nothing more will be said or pleaded in its behalf; full consent shall be given, and no more intercession used: any trees might not be cut down, only barren ones; there is a law in Deuteronomy 20:19 about cutting down trees, and which the Jews explain thusF13Maimon. Doctrine: the forbearance of God (of the Lord of the vineyard) endures only a short time longer; the ministry of me (the ἀμπελουργός) to you is the last attempt, and on it follows the decision—the decision of the Messianic judgment. If not, then you can cut it down.''" Matt 13:19 When anyone hears the message (word) about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. He emphasizes the suddenness with which this death comes. Have we been placed under a faithful, rousing ministry of the Gospel? Luke 13:9. Trying to interpret the times theologically can often be off the mark. Obviously, we can understand our Lord's emphasis on repentance as encouragement for us to subjectively awaken to the salvation that is already ours through his life, death, resurrection and ascension. Even here there is a tone of hope and affection, which is often overlooked.—The usual interpretation of the parable is as follows: The owner of the vineyard is God the Father; the vine dresser, our Lord, who labors and intercedes; the fig tree, the Jewish nation drawing near to destruction through its unfruitfulness, and the vineyard, the world. If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is done; it is well for themselves, they shall eat the fruit of their doings; it is well for the churches where they are, for good works are profitable to men; and it is well for the owner of the vineyard, and the dresser of it too, for when Christ has his fruit from his churches, his ministers have theirs also: 141. "Says R. Abin, in the name of R. Simeon ben Josedech, a parable, to what is it like? 43. fol. The verb τελειόω (teleiow) is a key NT term for the completion of God’s plan: See Luke 12:50; 22:37; John 19:30; and (where it has the additional component of meaning “to perfect”) Heb 2:10; 5:8-9; 7:28. (Notice those addressed were still impenitent.) As what our Lord threatened in this parable was so remarkably fulfilled, it may be considered also as a prophesy of the destruction of the Jewish state by the Romans, under Vespasian and Titus. eat the fruit of their doings; it is well for the churches where 6-29. 1-5) and a parable that illustrates the patience and love of God (vv. Apparently Pilate had sent in his troops to break up a gathering of Galilean Jews that he deemed dangerous. As in the natural culture, this would be sufficient to determine whether any fruit was to be gotten out of the tree at all, so in the spiritual husbandry, the thing intended is just one sufficient trial more. Luke 13:9. : if it bear the coming year—well ( understood).— , if not, thou shalt cut it down—thou, not I. (See the note at Luke 8:2.). Luke 3:9. A verse-by-verse breakdown of the “parable of the fig tree” in Luke 13:1-9: 1. He asked them, ‘Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? when shall it once be?" 9.And if’ and if not—Upon these two ifs hangs eternity. This is the seed sown along the path. Turn ye, turn ye, why will ye die, O house of Israel?". Luke 13:1-9 The Word of God At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. The true measure of the emptiness is the extent of the culture. The Seed = the Word of God. Join afar that with bear fruit. 2. . The ruler of the synagogue is incensed and is reproved by our Lord, Luke 13:14-17. p. 102. But here the question forces itself upon us, "What is fruit?" Luke 13:9 New International Version (NIV). By this parable our Lord plainly represented to the Jews the divine displeasure against them, for having neglected the many opportunities they had enjoyed, as planted in the vineyard of God's church; (compare Isaiah 5:1-2; Isaiah 27:2-3.) the gardener replied, my lord, the king, what expense hast thou been at with this vineyard before it was raised? after that, etc. To get what Luke 13:9 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. God had been seeking results during the years of our Lord’s labor, and none are found; He, the great Intercessor, pleads for a brief delay. And what is the nature of the being of a man? It is all in the closest individuality. From the days of Job's friends until now the tendency to explain the one of these by the other has been too prevalent. "for the time to come", as the Vulgate Latin; or "year The inference is evident—the whole Church spreads its provisions for you. ". THE CONTEXT These verses are part of a larger section of Jesus' warnings and exhortations (12:1 – 13:9). Luke 13:9. : if it bear the coming year —well (understood).—, if not, thou shalt cut it down —thou, not I. (Read Luke 13:6-9) This parable of the barren fig-tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, except it brings forth fruit, will be cut down. after that in (Greek. There must have been many vines and many fig trees in the vineyard; but the story is told as if the whole vineyard were for that one tree alone, and as if the great Proprietor concerned Himself only with it. Cut it down, says divine justice; and in due time, still more fatally, Cut it down, responds divine mercy. (4) The Lord, we see, notes the length of time that men continue fruitless under the means of spiritual culture. (9) And if it bear fruit.—Some of the better MSS. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.' ‘Well’ is properly supplied. [1] 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. God may surround and ply him with means; but he leaves it at the last to the man himself to decide, by his own free will, between these two ifs. Why, anything by which truths and lessons hitherto neglected may come with a force upon the heart before unknown, may justly be so regarded. Repent or Perish. ", "If not, after that thou shalt cut it down. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. also) quite missed the ἀμπελουργός, understanding by him the husbandmen in Matthew 21, forgetting that they are destroyed in the sequel of that parable, and that their position, that of the tenants of the vineyard, does not appear at all in this, any more than does the ἀμπελουργός in that. But the other says, 'It must needs be - it must be hewn down;' and gives the stem of the tree three blows with the back of the hatchet. Personally, distinctly, separately, God deals with you; He visits you; He examines you; He expects from you; He is grieved or He is pleased with you. It has a now or never tone to it. Melacim, c. 6. sect. when Christ has his fruit from his churches, his ministers have Question: "What is the meaning of the Parable of the Fig Tree?" ", I. The nation and the man may, like Jerusalem after the crucifixion, survive a few abandoned years after the sentence has gone forth Cut it down But the day of doom without mercy at last arrives, a type and prelude of a more terrible wrath in the world of retribution. Luke 13:9. κἂν, and if) The Apodosis is to be understood: It is well, or I will leave it to stand; or else, let it bear fruit. Mercy herself, who before pleaded for a respite, now acquiesces in, if not demands, the execution. The vineyard then represents the Gospel dispensation, and the owner is Christ, who during His three years ministry has been seeking fruit. 33 Nevertheless I must # tn This is the frequent expression δεῖ (dei, “it is necessary”) that notes something that is a part of God’s plan. He comes, asking, 'What fruit?' It is now, therefore, or during our present state, that God is coming seeking fruit from us. All rights reserved. (3) To be within the pale of Revealed Religion and the Church of the living God is a high privilege, and involves a solemn responsibility. Luke 13:1-9. If God has indeed predetermined the matter, if the barrenness of the tree is the secured consequent of his own previous decree, then the events of the entire parable become a farce, and the lesson becomes an enigma. For I can hear some one saying, "I know that I have borne very little fruit, but I hope it is not none." Such, then, must fruit be, real and tangible, visible and felt, reasonable, thoughtful, balanced, affectionate, earnest, spirit going forth to spirit, assimilating itself to God. What is it which is to a man what the figs are to the fig tree? Jesus then counseled against worry, assuring If those who enjoy the means of grace neglect them, and bring forth no fruits of holiness, God, in due time, will remove all such blessings from them, and leave them to endless barrenness and death. 8, 9. ; "they may not cut down trees for meat without the city, nor withhold from them the course of water, that so they may become dry; as it is said, "thou shall not destroy the trees"; and whoever cuts any down is to be beaten, and not in a siege only, but in any place: whoever cuts down a tree for meat, by way of destroying it, is to be beaten; but they may cut it down if it hurts other trees, or because it hurts in the field others, or because its price is dear; the law does not forbid, but by way of destroying. Introduction - When we genuinely repent and begin living for God, fruit will be born in our lives that will soon be evident to all that pass by. for the owner of the vineyard, and the dresser of it too, for 20:19 Deuteronomy "He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy" (Proverbs 29:1). Luke 13:1–9 Repent or Perish 13 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood p Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. not. III. The parable points to the truth taught in Luke 13:29. (3) It is not fruit until it is for the Owner's sake. Jesus teaches that all of God’s law is summarized in the commandments to love God and neighbor (Luke 10:27; Matt. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. “Thou must take a hatchet, and go to the tree with a friend, unto whom thou sayest, 'I will cut down this tree, for it is unfruitful.' eis. the fourth part of a "Kab" of olives; and a palm tree which yields a "Kab" of dates, may not be cut down.'. There is not a sinner out of hell-though the most hardened, the furthest gone, the nearest to the flames-but if he only begin to bear fruit, if he do but turn to God with all his heart in the Gospel of His Son, it will deliver him from going down to the pit, it will stay the hand of justice, it will secure his eternal salvation. Luke 13:9. This parable in the first place refers to the nation and people of the Jews. 29 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. ‘Then’ is not to be supplied: the vine dresser does not set the time when the tree shall be removed, but leaves it to the owner of the vineyard. (5) To be cut down is the rich desert of all the fruitless: "Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?" God wants a righteous people who reflect His character. It depends on the master, though the vinedresser tacitly recognises that the decision will be just. My question has to do with the apparent urgency with which he speaks. As if they were a burden to the earth that bears them, to the place they fill, deforming the beauty and hindering the fruitfulness of God's vineyard. Ver. Of course when the barren tree is removed another will be planted in its place. well, a good thing is done; it is well for themselves, they shall He sympathises with the master’s desire for fruit. It depends on the master, though the vinedresser tacitly recognises that the decision will be just. Thoughtless men heed this not, but One does. Much such a parable as this is formed by the Jews, upon Moses's intercession for the people of IsraelF14Shemot Rabba, sect. App-105. "O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved: how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?" 13:9–10). We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Greek. ‘If,’ here suggests that the vine dresser expected this supposition to prove correct. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Luke 12:32-40 EXEGESIS: LUKE 12:32-48. 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. The fact that both of these commandments are found in the Old Testament (Deut. have, if it bear fruit in the time to come . Christ cures a woman who had been afflicted eighteen years, Luke 13:10-13. and in an aweful manner intimated, that though they had hitherto, at his intercession, been spared, yet if they continued unfruitful under the additional cultivation which they were shortly to receive by the descent of the Spirit, and the proposal of the gospel in its full extent and evidence, they must expect nothing but speedy and irresistible ruin. Luke 8:11 This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. , we see, notes the length of time that men Continue fruitless under the means of spiritual.! 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