Luke 13:7-9

7So he said to the gardener, ‘Indeed, for three years I‘ve come searching for fruit on this fig tree and found none. Remove it! Why does it use up the ground?’

8“But answering, the gardener said to him, ‘Master, leave it alone for this year also, until I dig around it and apply fertilizer.

9And if it bears fruit, good. But if not, cut it down.’”