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Luke 13:9

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

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And if it bear fruit, well,.... If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 13:6-9

This parable is intended to enforce that word of warning immediately going before, "Except ye repent, ye shall all…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

if it bear fruit, well The -well" is not in the original, the idiom being a common but striking aposiopesis:i.e. the…