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Source language
Original Greek   
Ἔλεγεν δὲ ταύτην τὴν παραβολήν. Συκῆν εἶχέν τις ⸂πεφυτευμένην ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι αὐτοῦ⸃, καὶ ἦλθεν ζητῶν καρπὸν ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Elegen de tauten ten parabolen. Suken eikhen tis [?]pephuteumenen en to ampeloni autou[?], kai elthen zeton karpon en aute kai oukh euren.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dicebat autem hanc similitudinem arborem fici habebat quidam plantatam in vinea sua et venit quaerens fructum in illa et non invenit

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
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.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Authorized (King James) Version   
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
New King James Version   
He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
21st Century King James Version   
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.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard and he came seeking fruit on it and he found none.
Darby Bible Translation   
And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
God's Word   
Then Jesus used this illustration: "A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on the tree but didn't find any.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
And He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.
International Standard Version   
Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.
NET Bible   
Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
New American Standard Bible   
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.
New International Version   
Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
New Living Translation   
Then Jesus told this story: "A man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again and again to see if there was any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed.
Webster's Bible Translation   
He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit on it, and found none.
Weymouth New Testament   
And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.
The World English Bible   
He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then Jesus told this story. ‘A man had a garden where he grew fruit. He had planted a fig tree there. But when he came to look for fruit on it, he could not find any.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;
New Life Version   
Then He told them this picture-story: “A man had a fig tree in his grape-field. He looked for fruit on it but found none.
Revised Geneva Translation   
He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. And he came and sought fruit from it and found none.
The Voice Bible   
(following up with this parable) A man has a fig tree planted in his vineyard. One day he comes out looking for fruit on it, but there are no figs.
Living Bible   
Then he used this illustration: “A man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again and again to see if he could find any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed.
New Catholic Bible   
Then he told them this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, but whenever he came looking for fruit on it, he found none.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And He was telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and did not find any.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And He spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit upon it and found none.
Christian Standard Bible   
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
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].
New Century Version   
Jesus told this story: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for some fruit on the tree, but he found none.
The Message   
Then he told them a story: “A man had an apple tree planted in his front yard. He came to it expecting to find apples, but there weren’t any. He said to his gardener, ‘What’s going on here? For three years now I’ve come to this tree expecting apples and not one apple have I found. Chop it down! Why waste good ground with it any longer?’
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
He told them this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it, but he did not find any.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Then he told this · parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in · his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
New Matthew Bible   
He put forth this similitude: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit on it, and found none.
Good News Translation®   
Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a man who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He went looking for figs on it but found none.
Wycliffe Bible   
And he said this likeness, A man [Some man] had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and found none.
New Testament for Everyone   
He told them this parable. “Once upon a time there was a man who had a fig tree in his vineyard. He came to it looking for fruit, and didn’t find any.
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus then told them this story: A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. One day he went out to pick some figs, but he didn't find any.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then he gave them this parable: “Once upon a time a man had a fig-tree growing in his garden, and when he came to look for the figs, he found none at all. So he said to his gardener, ‘Look, I have come expecting fruit on this fig-tree for three years running and never found any. Better cut it down. Why should it use up valuable space?’ And the gardener replied, ‘Master, don’t touch it this year till I have had a chance to dig round it and give it a bit of manure. Then, if it bears after that, it will be all right. But if it doesn’t, then you can cut it down.’”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then he told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Jesus told this parable: “A man owned a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then He began telling them this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find any;
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,
New American Standard Bible   
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.
The Expanded Bible   
Jesus told this ·story [parable]: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for some fruit on the tree, but he found none.
Tree of Life Version   
Then Yeshua began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree he had planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
Revised Standard Version   
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
New International Reader's Version   
Then Jesus told a story. “A man had a fig tree,” he said. “It was growing in his vineyard. When he went to look for fruit on it, he didn’t find any.
BRG Bible   
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Then Yeshua gave this illustration: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit but didn’t find any.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Then Jesus told this story: `A man had a fruit tree on his farm. He came to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then he told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking this mashal. A certain man had an etz te’enah (fig tree) which had been planted in his kerem, and he came seeking pri (fruit) on it, and he did not find any. [YESHAYAH 5:2; YIRMEYAH 8:13]
Names of God Bible   
Then Yeshua used this illustration: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on the tree but didn’t find any.
Modern English Version   
Then He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came and looked for fruit on it and found none.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Jesus told this story: “A man had a fig tree. He planted it in his garden. He came looking for some fruit on it, but he found none.
International Children’s Bible   
Jesus told this story: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for some fruit on the tree, but he found none.
Lexham English Bible   
And he told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
New International Version - UK   
Then he told this parable: ‘A man had a fig-tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And He was telling this parable— “A certain one had a fig tree having been planted in his vineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it, and did not find it.