Luke 13:7-9 So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?' ⁸ "But the gardener answered him. 'Lord, let it alone this year also, till I have dug around it, and fertilized it. ⁹ "If after that it bears fruit, well and good; but if not you shall cut it down.'"