Luke 13:8
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But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it and dung it.

Luke 13:7
And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down therefore. Why cumbereth it the ground?

Luke 13:9
And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

Luke 14:35
It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill: but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it and dung it.

Lord, let.

Exodus 32:11-13,30-32 But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand? . . .

Exodus 34:9 Said: If I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, I beseech thee that thou wilt go with us, (for it is a stiffnecked people) and take away our iniquities and sin, and possess us.

Numbers 14:11-20 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people detract me? how long will they not believe me for all the signs that I have wrought before them? . . .

Joshua 7:7-9 And Joshua said: Alas, O Lord God, why wouldst thou bring this people over the river Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite, and to destroy us? would God we had stayed beyond the Jordan, as we began. . . .

Psalm 106:23 And 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.

Jeremiah 14:7-9,13 If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee. . . .

*etc:

Jeremiah 15:1 And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth.

Jeremiah 18:20 Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them.

Joel 2:17 Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God?

Romans 10:1 Brethren, the will of my heart, indeed and my prayer to God is for them unto salvation.

Romans 11:14 If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and may save some of them.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance,

Context
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
7And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down therefore. Why cumbereth it the ground? 8But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it and dung it. 9And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.…
Lexicon
‘Sir,’
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

[the man] replied,
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

‘leave it alone
ἄφες (aphes)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

again
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

this
τοῦτο (touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

year,
ἔτος (etos)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

until
ἕως (heōs)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.

I dig
σκάψω (skapsō)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4626: To dig, excavate. Apparently a primary verb; to dig.

around
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

it
αὐτὴν (autēn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

fertilize [it].
κόπρια (kopria)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2874: Manure; a dung-hill. From kopros; manure.


Additional Translations
‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

And answering, he says to him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I shall dig around it, and put in manure,

And he answering said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,

And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

And he answering, said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

"But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.

He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

'And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;
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