Luke 13:6-9 Then He told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ Then He told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. ⁷ So he said to the gardener: ‘Look, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down; just why must it waste the soil?’ ⁸ But in answer he said to him, ‘Sir, let it be this year also, until I dig around it and apply fertilizer, ⁹ in case it produces fruit—but if not, then cut it down’.”