But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Luke 13:6
He spoke also this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Luke 13:7
Then said he unto the keeper of his vineyard, `Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?'