[13:6] Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a man who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He went looking for figs on it but found none.
[13:7] So he said to his gardener, ‘Look, for three years I have been coming here looking for figs on this fig tree, and I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it go on using up the soil?’
[13:8] But the gardener answered, ‘Leave it alone, sir, just one more year; I will dig around it and put in some fertilizer.
[13:9] Then if the tree bears figs next year, so much the better; if not, then you can have it cut down.’”