Luk 13:7-9 | ESV | STEP | And he said to the vinedresser , Look , for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree , and I find none . Cut it down . Why should it use up the ground ?

Luke 13:7-9

7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. ^aCut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”