Luke 15:5–9 (NIV 84)
L: 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” 6 Then he told
this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to
look for fruit on it, but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care
of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this
fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
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”‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it
and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”