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The story illustrates a farmer's patience with a barren fig tree in his vineyard, which after three years of yielding no fruit, is given one more year by the gardener. The gardener diligently prunes the tree, digs around it, and feeds it with rich compost and water. The following year, the tree bears abundant fruit, much to the farmer's delight. The narrative serves as a powerful allegory, explaining that God uses difficult circumstances in people's lives to shape their character. It emphasizes the importance of perseverance, hard work, and patience during challenging times, assuring readers that their efforts and faith will ultimately be rewarded. The text encourages readers to remain steadfast, particularly when facing hardship, drawing wisdom from biblical teachings and highlighting the value of enduring through trials.","Parable of the Fig Tree With No Fruit  \nEnglish  \nLuke 13:6-9  \n1  \nBased on a story Jesus told:  \nA farmer planted a fig tree in his vineyard. It grew big and had plenty of leaves. For three years he waited for it to have figs, but there were none.  \n“This tree doesn’t bear any fruit,” the farmer said to his gardener.“Cut it  \ndown and plant something else.” “Sir,” the man replied,“Give it one more 2 year. I will dig around it, feed and water it and it may fruit.”  \nThe gardener got a sharp knife and pruned the tree hard. He cut out all  \n3 the dead wood and the thin, useless branches off the leafy, fig tree.  \nThe fig tree was much smaller when he had finished and only a few strong branches were left. The gardener knew that soon the tree would  \n4 grow new shoots.  \nThen he dug around the fig tree. He fed it with rich compost to make it grow, and he watered the roots well. With time and sunshine he hoped  \n5 for plenty of fruit.  \nThe next year, when the farmer came to look at the fig tree, the gardener showed him how much fruit there was since he had pruned and fed it.  \n6 The tree was laden with figs!  \nJesus told this story to show us that God uses the hard things that happen to us to build our character. Some things take hard work  \n7 and patience.  \nThe Bible is full of God’s wise words. If you are going through a hard time, do not give up. Be patient and keep on going. 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