Luke 3:9

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Cross-reference

Luke 13:7 Parallel

In Luke 13:7, the owner tells the vinedresser to cut down the barren fig tree — the same image of judgment for fruitlessness.

Luke 13:9 Parallel

In Luke 13:9, the vinedresser asks for one more year to fertilize the tree — extending the ax-at-the-root warning into a parable of mercy.

Ezekiel 15:2-4 illustrates worthless vine wood thrown into fire, directly matching the fate of fruitless trees cut down for burning.

Matthew 3:10 records the identical saying from John the Baptist—the axe at the root and fruitless trees thrown into fire.

Matthew 7:19 repeats the same fruit-tree-fire metaphor, applied by Jesus to false prophets in the Sermon on the Mount.

John 15:6 Allusion

John 15:6 describes branches not abiding in Christ being thrown into fire—the same image of fruitless branches burned.

Malachi 3:2 Parallel

Malachi 3:2 uses refiner's fire imagery that parallels the judgment fire John warns about — both depict the Lord's coming as purification.

Matthew 12:33 uses the same tree-and-fruit metaphor: a tree is known by its fruit, reinforcing John's warning to bear good fruit.

Matthew 21:19 shows Jesus cursing a fruitless fig tree — an enacted parable echoing John's warning that fruitless trees are cut down.

Isaiah 10:34 uses the same axe-and-tree imagery for God's judgment on Assyria, reinforcing the metaphor of divine cutting down.

Ezekiel 31:18 describes the fall of a great tree (Assyria) as judgment, echoing the imagery of trees being cut down.

Daniel 4:14 Parallel

Daniel 4:14's command to cut down a tree and scatter its fruit parallels the axe judgment, though focused on a king's pride.

Daniel 4:23 Parallel

Daniel 4:23 repeats the cut-down-tree decree, reinforcing the same tree-judgment imagery from Nebuchadnezzar's dream.