But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
Parallel translations
- KJV But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
- BSB But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
- NKJV But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
- NASB But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
- NLT Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,
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- John 15:2Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
- Isa 60:21Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- John 15:6If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Ps 92:13They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
- Matt 13:40–41As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
- 1 Cor 3:12–15But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
- 1 Cor 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
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