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Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
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So he said to the gardener, "See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?'
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He replied, "Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it.
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If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.' "
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
