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| | |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? | | |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? |
| − | |So he said to his manager of the vineyard, 'Look, for three year I've sought fruit from this fig tree, but found none. Chop it down! Why burden the soil with it? | + | |So he said to his manager of the vineyard, 'Look, for three year I've sought fruit from this fig tree, but found none. Chop it down! Why burden the soil with it?' |
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| | |And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: | | |And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: |
| − | |The manager answered, "Lord, let it be for this year again, so I can spread manure around it. | + | |The manager answered, 'Lord, let it be for this year again, so I can spread manure around it. |
| | |modern versions replace "manure" with "fertilizer", but that obscures the lowliness of man compared to God. | | |modern versions replace "manure" with "fertilizer", but that obscures the lowliness of man compared to God. |
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| | |And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. | | |And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. |
| − | |And if it bears fruit, fine; if not, then we shall chop it down. | + | |And if it bears fruit, fine; if not, then we shall chop it down.'" |
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