He spoke also this parable;
A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
He says, “Look, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?” It is as if he would say, “Let the place of this barren fig tree be laid bare; then some other tree will come up or may be planted there.” This was also done. The crowds of the Gentiles were called into its place and took possession of the inheritance of the Israelites. It became the people of God, the plant of paradise, a good and honorable seed. It knows how to produce fruit, not in shadows and types but rather by a pure and perfectly stainless service that is in spirit and truth, as being offered to God, who is an immaterial Being. Commentary on Luke, Homily
