Luke 13:1–9

¹Now at the same time there were present some who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices. ²And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things? ³No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner. ⁴Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that they were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? ⁵No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.

⁶And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any. ⁷And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless? ⁸But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung, ⁹and if it shall bear fruit—but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.