6. And He began telling this parable: "A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
7. And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'
8. And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
9. and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.'"
10. And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
11. And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.
12. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness."
13. And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God.