The Parable of the Fig Tree

And he said this parable, “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit from it and did not find any. And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Behold, three years I have come seeking fruit by this fig tree and I have not found any. Cut it down. Why also is the ground rendered ineffective?’ Then the answered him saying to him, ‘Lord, let this one be alone also for this year, until when I dig around it and cast manure, and if on the one hand it brings forth fruit, but if indeed not, after that cut it down.’”