9:11a But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit,

But the fig tree answered, ‘Should I stop producing my good and sweet fruit?
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But the fig tree said, ‘My fruit is good and sweet. I will not stop making it

9:11b to hold sway over the trees?’

I refuse to wave my branches over the other trees.’
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just to be your king.’

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