Luke 13:6-8

International Standard Version

The Parable about an Unfruitful Fig Tree

⁶ Then Jesus^[a] told them this parable: “A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn’t find any. ⁷ So he told the gardener, ‘Look here! For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?’ ⁸ But the gardener^[b] replied, ‘Sir, leave it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.