Luke 23:31

For if they doe these things in a green tree, what shalbe done in the drie?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
- American Standard Version (1901)

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

for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?
- Darby Bible

For if they do these things in a green tree, what will be done in the dry?
- Webster's Bible

For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the dry?"
- Weymouth Bible

For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"
- World English Bible

For if in a greene tre thei don these thingis, what schal be don in a drie?
- Wycliffe Bible

for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Luke 23:31

23:31 If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry? - Our Lord makes use of a proverbial expression, frequent among the Jews, who compare a good man to a green tree, and a bad man to a dead one: as if he had said, If an innocent person suffer thus, what will become of the wicked? Of those who are as ready for destruction as dry wood for the fire?