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There were presentat that season*some that toldhimof the Galilaeans,whosebloodPilate had mingledwiththeirsacrifices.
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AndJesusansweringsaid unto them,Suppose yethattheseGalilaeansweresinnersaboveall the Galilaeans,because they suffered such things?
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I tellyou,Nay:but,except ye repent, ye shallalllikewiseperish.
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Orthoseeighteen**, uponwhom the towerinSiloamfell, andslewthem, think yethattheyweresinners[a]aboveallmen that dweltinJerusalem?
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I tellyou,Nay:but,except ye repent, ye shallalllikewiseperish.
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He spakealsothisparable; A certain man had a fig treeplantedinhisvineyard;and he came and soughtfruitthereon*, andfoundnone.
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Then said heunto the dresser of his vineyard,Behold, these threeyears I comeseekingfruitonthis fig tree,andfindnone:cutitdown; why*cumberethit the ground?
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And he answeringsaid unto him,Lord,letitalonethisyearalso,tillI shall digaboutit,anddung* it:
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And ifitbearfruit, well: and if not, then after that* thou shalt cutitdown.
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And he wasteachinginone of the synagogueson the sabbath.