He put forth this similitude, "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, 'Behold, this three years have I come and sought fruit in this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?'

Wherefore, he ran before, and climbed up into a wild fig tree to see him. For he should come that same way.

And he showed them a similitude, "Behold the fig tree, and all other trees,