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4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

6 He also spoke this parable: a“A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.  
7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it1 use up the ground?’  
8 But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
9 And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can acut it down.’ ”  

A Spirit of Infirmity

10 Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way1 raise herself up.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Luke 13:6

A certain man - Many meanings are given to this parable, and divines may abound in them; the sense which our Lord designed to convey by it appears to be the following: -

1.A person, , God Almighty.

2.Had a fig tree, the Jewish Church.

3.Planted in his vineyard - established in the land of Judea.

4.He came seeking fruit - he required that the Jewish people should walk in righteousness, in proportion to the spiritual culture he bestowed on them.

5.The vine-dresser - the Lord Jesus, for God hath committed all judgment to the Son, John 5:22.

6.Cut it down - let the Roman sword be unsheathed against it.

7.Let it alone - Christ is represented as intercessor for sinners, for whose sake the day of their probation is often lengthened; during which time he is constantly employed in doing every thing that has a tendency to promote their salvation.

8.Thou shalt cut it down - a time will come, that those who have not turned at God' s invitations and reproofs shall be cut off, and numbered with the transgressors.


 
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