{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/jb/jb21.htm","path":"bib/jb/jb21.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/jb/jb21.htm","text":"The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (the Jefferson Bible), by Thomas Jefferson, [1902]\nParable of the Fig Tree.\nHE spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.\n2 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?\n3 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:\n4 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.","title":"The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (the Jefferson Bible): XVII. Parable of the Fig Tree","type":"page"}