Luke 13:7-9

7Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8And he answering said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : 9And if it shall bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.