But the man answered, ‘Sir, leave it one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it.
In context
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. 9Perhaps it will bear fruit next season; if not, you can cut it down.’” 10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,
