What Can We Learn from the Parable of the Fig Tree?
Heather Riggleman
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The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 1
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So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! [a] Why should it use up the soil?’
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‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
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If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
Luke 13:6-9 Study Resources
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Cross References 1
- 1. (Isaiah 5:1–7)
Footnotes 1
- [a] SBL, NE, WH Cut it down!
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