Parables - Fruitless
Parable of the Barren Fig Tree "Then Yeshua began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree he had planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘Indeed, for three years I‘ve come searching for fruit on this fig tree and found none. Remove it! Why does it use up the ground?’ “But answering, the gardener said to him, ‘Master, leave it alone for this year also, until I dig around it and apply fertilizer. And if it bears fruit, good. But if not, cut it down.’” Luke 13:6-9 [This is the 12th lesson in this series] Jesus told this parable (story) after He was teaching and people in the crowd asked Him about an event that just happened in their area. Some people asked Him about a tower which fell where people perished (kind of something we would nornally see or hear on the news or social media). Jesus responded to that inquiry and then proceeded to tell this story about the fig tree. Fruit Trees Vineyards, trees and fr