Luke 13:1-9 ▼

1 And there were certain ones at that time announcing to him concerning the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.

2 And responding to them He said, Do you think that those Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered these things?

3 T say unto you, Nay: but unless you may repent, you shall all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Saloam fell, and killed them, do you think that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

5 I say unto you, Nay: but unless you may repent, you will all likewise perish.

6 And He spoke this parable, A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and came seeking fruit on it and found none;

7 and he said to the vinedresser, Behold, three years from which I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none: cut it down; why indeed does it cumber the ground?

8 And responding he says to him, Lord, let it alone also this year, until I shall dig about it, and cast manures:

9 and if it may bear fruit in the future; and if not you shall cut it down.