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Bede the Venerable
Catena Aurea · Lukasevangelium 13
Lk 13, Verses 6–9English original
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.
Which indeed came to pass under the Romans, by whom the Jewish nation was cut off, and thrust out from the land of promise.