Luke 13:8-9

13:8 But the worker ¹  answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer ²  on it. 13:9 Then if ³  it bears fruit next year, ⁴  very well, ⁵  but if ⁶  not, you can cut it down.’”

[13:8]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the worker who tended the vineyard) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:8]  ² tn Grk “toss manure [on it].” This is a reference to manure used as fertilizer.

[13:9]  ³ tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. The conjunction καί (kai, a component of κάν [kan]) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[13:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “the coming [season].”

[13:9]  ⁵ tn The phrase “very well” is supplied in the translation to complete the elided idea, but its absence is telling.

[13:9]  ⁶ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text, showing which of the options is assumed.