Luke 13:1–9

Call to Repent

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

²And Jesus said to them, “^aDo 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 ¹repent, you will all likewise perish.

⁴“Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in ^aSiloam fell and killed them were worse ^1bculprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

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

⁶And He began telling this parable: “A man had ^aa 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 ¹without finding any. ^aCut 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;

⁹and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’ ”