Luke 23:31

For if such things are done ¹  when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” ² 

biblegateway Luk 23:31

For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

biblegateway Luk 23:31

"For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

biblegateway Luk 23:31

For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

biblegateway Luk 23:31

If people do these things to a live, green tree, can you imagine what they'll do with deadwood?"

SABDAweb Luk 23:31

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

bibleoremus Luk 23:31

For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

biblegateway Luk 23:31

"For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?"

biblegateway Luk 23:31

For if such things are done ¹  when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” ² 

¹ tn Grk “if they do such things.” The plural subject here is indefinite, so the active voice has been translated as a passive (see ExSyn 402).

² sn The figure of the green wood and the dry has been variously understood. Most likely the picture compares the judgment on Jesus as the green (living) wood to the worse judgment that will surely come for the dry (dead) wood of the nation.