# General Information:

Jesus begins to tell the crowd a parable to explain his last statement, "But if you do not repent, all of you will also perish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])

# Someone had a fig tree planted in his vineyard

"A person had a vineyard and a fig tree had been planted in it"

# Why let it waste the ground?

The man uses a question to emphasize that the tree is useless and the gardener should cut it down. AT: "Do not let it waste the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/parable]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fig]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vineyard]]