Luke 13 - The Fruit Tree That Bore No Fruit!
Luke 13 - NIV Luke 17 - Enduring Word Commentary Verses for the Day 6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘ For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ 8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’” Commentary Jesus told parables to teach people what God is like. He used natural analogies to show spiritual principles, and how they worked in the kingdom of God. Each person in the parable represented someone. The man who planted the fig tree is God. The man who took care of the vineyard was Jesus. The three years could very likely be the three years of public ministry of Jesus. As we know Jesus came first to the Jewish pe...