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Luke 13:6-8
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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.[a] 7 So he said to the gardener, ‘Behold, for three years[b] I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find any.[c] Cut it down![d] Why should it even exhaust the soil?’ 8 But he answered and[e] said to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on it.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:6 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Luke 13:7 Literally “three years from which”
  3. Luke 13:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Luke 13:7 Some manuscripts have “Therefore cut it down!”
  5. Luke 13:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  6. Luke 13:8 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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