1 And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;
2 and Jesus answering said to them, ‘Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?
3 No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.
4 ‘Or those{.htm| title="{"> eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?
5 No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.’
6 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;
7 and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?
8 ‘And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in{.htm| title="{"> dung;
9 and if indeed it may bear fruit—; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.’
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,
11 and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity{.htm| title="{"> eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,
12 and Jesus having seen her, did call [her] near, and said to her, ‘Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;’
13 and he laid on her [his] hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.
