Luke Chapter 13 verse 8 Holy Bible
And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
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And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
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But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
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And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
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He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
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`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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Luke 13 : 8 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it. The last year - the year of grace they who listened to him then were living in. It was the last summons to repentance, the final reminder to the old covenant people that to their high privileges as the chosen race there were duties attached. They prided themselves on the privileges, they utterly forgot the duties. The period represented by this last year included the preaching of John the Baptist, the public ministry of Jesus Christ, and the forty years of apostolic teaching which followed the Crucifixion and Resurrection. The last chance was given, but in the Vinedresser's prayer to the Lord of the vineyard there is scarcely a ray of hope. The history of the world supplies the sequel to this parable-story.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) And dung it.--Literally, and put dung. Homely as the imagery is, it suggests fertilising and gracious influences not less vividly than the dew or rain from heaven, and points, perhaps, specifically to such as are working on us in our earthly surroundings, as contrasted with the directly supernatural action of God's grace.