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Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Silo'am fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?
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I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
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And he told this parable: "A man had a 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, 'Lo, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?'
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And he answered him, 'Let it alone, sir, this year also, till I dig about it and put on manure.
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And if it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"
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Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
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And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
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And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."
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And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and she praised God.
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But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the sabbath day."