6 And He told them this parable A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and he came looking for fruit on it but did not find any 7 So he said to the vinedresser See here For these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I find none Cut it down Why should it continue also to use up the ground to a deplete the soil intercept the sun and take up room 8 But he replied to him Leave it alone sir just this one more year till I dig around it and put manure on the soil 9 Then perhaps it will bear fruit after this but if not you can cut it down and out

And of Naphtali he said ldquo O Naphtali satisfied with favor And full of the blessing of the Lord Possess the west and the south rdquo

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men

In Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish a Benjamite

And when he desired to cross to Achaia the brethren wrote exhorting the disciples to receive him and when he arrived he greatly helped those who had believed through grace 28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ

Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him rdquo

It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder And his yoke from your neck And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil

that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped who had survived the captivity and concerning Jerusalem 3 And they said to me ldquo The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down and its gates are burned with fire

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God They shall still bear fruit in old age They shall be fresh and flourishing

ldquo Sing O barren You who have not borne Break forth into singing and cry aloud You who have not labored with child For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman rdquo says the Lord ldquo Enlarge the place of your tent And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings Do not spare Lengthen your cords And strengthen your stakes For you shall expand to the right and to the left And your descendants will inherit the nations And make the desolate cities inhabited