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:
KJV
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, ἄφες αὐτὴν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔτος, ἕως ὅτου σκάψω περὶ αὐτὴν καὶ βάλω κόπρια·
Greek NT
At ille respondens, dicit illi : Domine dimitte illam et hoc anno, usque dum fodiam circa illam, et mittam stercora,
Vulgate
And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
ASV
But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it and dung it.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κοπρία
kopria
noun · 2×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
σκάπτω
skapto
verb · 3×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Cross-references
- 2Pet 3:9 — The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
- Exod 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
- Exod 32:30 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
- Exod 34:9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritan
- Jer 14:7 — O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Jer 14:13 — Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
- Jer 15:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Jer 18:20 — Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
- Josh 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt o
- Num 14:11 — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
- Ps 106:23 — Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
- Rom 10:1 — Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
- Rom 11:14 — If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.