¹And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices; ²and Jesus answering said to them, ‘Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things? ³No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

⁴‘Or those 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? ⁵No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.’

⁶And 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; ⁷and 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 dung; ⁹and if indeed it may bear fruit—;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.’

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