Repent or Perish
1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood
1Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
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And he answered them,
2“Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
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No, I tell you; but unless you
3repent, you will all likewise perish.
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Or those eighteen on whom the tower in
4Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
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No, I tell you; but unless you
5repent, you will all likewise perish. ”
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 And he told this parable: “A man had
6a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
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And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none.
7Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground? ’