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The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 And he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find [any].
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So he said to the gardener, 'Behold, {for three years} I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find [any]. Cut it down! Why should it even exhaust the soil?'
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But he answered [and] said to him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on [it].
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And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.'"
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Footnotes 7
- [a] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- [b] Literally "three years from which"
- [c] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- [d] Some manuscripts have "Therefore cut it down!"
- [e] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
- [f] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- [g] *The phrase "[so much the better]" is not in the Greek text but is implied
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