Luk 13:6-9 | NASB1995 | STEP | And He began telling this parable : “ A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard ; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

Luke 13:6-9

6 And He began telling this parable: “A man had ^aa fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. 7 “And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree ^{▼▼ Lit and I do not find}without finding any. ^cCut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ 8 “And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; 9 and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”