His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."

And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, you can cut it down.'"