Fig Tree
A man in one of Jesus’ parables plants a fig tree in his vineyard and, for three years, finds no fruit on it. His order is blunt, “cut it down,” but the gardener asks for one more year: “Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it.” Mercy and patience sit alongside the warning. Elsewhere, the fig tree is a sign of the seasons. When its branch grows tender and puts out leaves, “summer is nigh,” Jesus says in Matthew 24:32. Luke 13:6 to 9 gives the parable in full.
6 verses
Matthew
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Luke
He 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.
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?
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Revelation
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.