Luke 13:6-9

6Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

7So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’

8But the worker answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”