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Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
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And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things?
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I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
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Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?
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I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
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And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.
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And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?