Parable of the barren fig tree parable is found only in Luke's gospel, the other two synoptics include instead the cursing the fig tree with some remarkable coincidences. There is no strong argument against authenticity. A majority of the members of the Jesus Seminar voted it authentic. Parable of the barren fig tree The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (not to be confused with the parable of the budding fig tree) is a parable of Jesus which appears in . It is about a fig tree which does not produce fruit. The parable is as follows: In this parable, the owner is generally regarded as
Parable of the Good Samaritan some think that the Lawyer's phrase "The one who had mercy on him" () may indicate a reluctance to name the Samaritan. Or, on another, more positive note, it may indicate that the lawyer has recognized that both his questions have been answered and now concludes by generally expressing that anyone behaving thus is a () "neighbour" eligible to inherit eternal life. The Samaritans in turn hated the Jews. Tensions were particularly high in the early decades of the 1st century because Samaritans had desecrated the Jewish Temple at Passover with human bones. As the story reached those who were