And seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "May fruit no longer come from you ever again." And immediately the fig tree withered away.

He also spoke this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

But he answered and said to him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Boaz, of the kindred of Elimelech.

And you shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Beth Shemesh, He has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that His hand has not touched us, and this has happened to us by chance.

Now by coincidence a certain priest was coming down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.

Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

But the very hairs of your head have all been numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah [His] beloved plant; I expected [it] to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.