The vine-dresser and the fig-tree

Saint Luke - Chapter 13

The vine-dresser and the fig-tree. J-J Tissot

[6] Dicebat autem et hanc similitudinem : Arborem fici habebat quidam plantatam in vinea sua, et venit quaerens fructum in illa, et non invenit.
He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

[7] Dixit autem ad cultorem vineae : Ecce anni tres sunt ex quo venio quaerens fructum in ficulnea hac, et non invenio : succide ergo illam : ut quid etiam terram occupat?
And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?

[8] At ille respondens, dicit illi : Domine dimitte illam et hoc anno, usque dum fodiam circa illam, et mittam stercora,
But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.

[9] et siquidem fecerit fructum : sin autem, in futurum succides eam.
And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

Totus tuus ego sum 

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam