馬太福音 3:10
The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
現在斧子已經放在樹根上,凡不結好果子的樹就砍下來,丟在火裡。
約翰福音 15:5
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。常在我裡面的,我也常在他裡面,這人就多結果子;因為離了我,你們就不能做什麼。
羅馬書 11:2
God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah-how he appealed to God against Israel:
神並沒有棄絕他預先所知道的百姓。你們豈不曉得經上論到以利亞是怎麼說的呢?他在神面前怎樣控告以色列人說:
馬太福音 21:19
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.
看見路旁有一棵無花果樹,就走到跟前,在樹上找不著什麼,不過有葉子,就對樹說:「從今以後,你永不結果子。」那無花果樹就立刻枯乾了。
路加福音 13:6
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Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'
" 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it.
If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' "
於是用比喻說:「一個人有一棵無花果樹栽在葡萄園裡。他來到樹前找果子,卻找不著。
就對管園的說:『看哪,我這三年來到這無花果樹前找果子,竟找不著,把他砍了吧,何必白佔地土呢!』
管園的說:『主啊,今年且留著,等我周圍掘開土,加上糞;
以後若結果子便罷,不然再把他砍了。』」
約翰福音 15:1
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"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
「我是真葡萄樹,我父是栽培的人。
凡屬我不結果子的枝子,他就剪去;凡結果子的,他就修理乾淨,使枝子結果子更多。