Luke 13:6-9 - The Parable Of The Barren Fig Tree
6 He used this figure: "A man had a fig tree growing in his garden, and he went to look for fruit on it, and could not find any. 7 And he said to the gardener, 'Here I have come three years to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why should it waste the ground?'
8 He answered, 'Let it stand this one year more, sir, till I dig around it and manure it; 9 perhaps it will bear fruit next year. But if it does not, you can have it cut down.' "