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The Book of Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 58

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57
‹Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?›
King James Version
‹When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate,› [as thou art] ‹in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.›
American Standard Version
For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.
New English Translation
So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard,‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’
World English Bible
For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
59
‹I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.›
1
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2
And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?›
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‹I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.›
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‹Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?›
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‹I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.›
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He spake also this parable; ‹A certain› [man] ‹had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.›
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‹Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?›
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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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‹And if it bear fruit,› [well]: ‹and if not,› [then] ‹after that thou shalt cut it down.›