And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.
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4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them — do you imagine they were more in debt than everyone else living in Jerusalem? 5Not at all, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all be destroyed just as they were.” 6And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7So he said to the vinedresser, ‘Three years now I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the soil?’ 8But the man answered, ‘Sir, leave it one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it.
