Luke 13:8 DBY

⁶  And he spoke this parable: A certain [man] had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find [any].

⁷  And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, [these] three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?

⁸  But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,

⁹  and if it shall bear fruit -- but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

¹⁰  And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.