25 The trees will give fruit, but who will gather it? (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:25
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2 Baruch 22:6–8
6 fruit in its season, does he not lose everything? Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the (2BA) 7 time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receive fruit from it? Or a woman who has (2BA) 8 conceived, if she bring forth untimely, does she not assuredly sl… (2BA)
1 Clement 24:3–5
3 Day and night show unto us the resurrection. The night falleth asleep, and day ariseth; the day departeth, and night cometh on. (1CL) 4 Let us mark the fruits, how and in what manner the sowing taketh place. (1CL) 5 The sower goeth forth and casteth into the earth each of the… (1CL)
2 Esdras 16:42–44
42 Let he who does business be as he who has no profit by it, and he who builds, as he who won’t dwell in it, (WEB) 43 and he who sows, as if he wouldn’t reap, so also he who prunes the vines, as he who won’t gather the grapes, (WEB) 44 those who marry, as those who will have no ch… (WEB)
John 4:36–38
36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done th…
Sirach 14:14–16
14 Don’t deprive yourself of a good day. Don’t let your share of a desired good pass you by. (WEB) 15 Won’t you leave your labors to another, and your toils be divided by lot? (WEB) 16 Give, take, and treat yourself well, because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades. (WEB)
Leviticus 26:19–21
19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, 20 and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit. 21 If you walk in hostility toward…
Psalms 80:11–13
11 It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River. 12 Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit? 13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Luke 13:8–10
8 ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’” 10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
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