The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (not to be confused with the parable of the budding fig tree) is a parable of Jesus which appears in two of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to Luke 13:6-9 the parable is about a fig tree which does not produce fruit.
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“Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 25:21.
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—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 25:21.
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