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Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
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Diligence Brings Reward
Commentators explain that this verse uses a simple agricultural analogy: just as someone who patiently and diligently cares for a fig tree will eventually enjoy its fruit, consistent and faithful effort in any endeavor will lead to a reward. The principle is that patient labor is not in vain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Waits - literally, “keeps,” “observes.” As the fig tree requires constant care but yields abundant crops, so the ministrations of a faithfu…
19th Century
Anglican
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree—i.e., tends it carefully year after year, shall eat the fruit thereof when i…
Baptist
If I look into water, I see the reflection of my own face, not another man's; and if I look into society, I will probably see men who think as I do…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it That takes care of a fig tree, either his own or another's, pla…
Though a calling is laborious and despised, yet those who keep to it, will find there is something to be gained from it. God is a Master who has pr…
