Luke 13:1-9 ▼

1 Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

2 And Jesus said to them, |Do you suppose that these Galileans were [greater] sinners than all [other] Galileans because they suffered this [fate]?

3 |I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

4 |Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were [worse] culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

5 |I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.|

6 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.

7 |And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'

8 |And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

9 and if it bears fruit next year, [fine]; but if not, cut it down.'|