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Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?
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I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
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Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
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So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
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“ ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.
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If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’ ”
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath
10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
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and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
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When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.”
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Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
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Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”