Author: Jill

Parable Of
The Fig Tree With No Fruit
A story that Jesus told
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
A 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.
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Parable Of
The Fig Tree With No Fruit
A story that Jesus told
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
A 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.
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“This tree doesn’t bear any fruit,” the farmer said to
his gardener. “Cut it down and plant something else.”
“Sir,” the man replied, “Give it one more year. I will
dig around it, feed and water it and it may fruit.”
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“This tree doesn’t bear any fruit,” the farmer said to
his gardener. “Cut it down and plant something else.”
“Sir,” the man replied, “Give it one more year. I will
dig around it, feed and water it and it may fruit.”
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The gardener got a sharp knife and
pruned the tree hard. He cut out all
the dead wood and the thin, useless
branches off the leafy, fig tree.
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The gardener got a sharp knife and
pruned the tree hard. He cut out all
the dead wood and the thin, useless
branches off the leafy, fig tree.
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The 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 grow new shoots.
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The 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 grow new shoots.
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Then he dug around the fig tree and
feed it with rich compost to make it grow
and watered the roots well. With time
and sunshine he hoped for plenty of fruit.
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Then he dug around the fig tree and
feed it with rich compost to make it grow
and watered the roots well. With time
and sunshine he hoped for plenty of fruit.
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The 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. The tree was laden with figs!
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The 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. The tree was laden with figs!
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Jesus 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 and patience.
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Jesus 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 and patience.
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The Bible is full of God’s wise words.
If you are thinking about ending something,
put in some hard work and be patient.
You might find it is worthwhile.
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The Bible is full of God’s wise words.
If you are thinking about ending something,
put in some hard work and be patient.
You might find it is worthwhile.
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