Luke 13:1-9

A Call to Repentance

1 At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ¹

2 To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?

3 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

5 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

6 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. ²

7 So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! ^[a] Why should it use up the soil?’

8 ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

9 If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”

Cross References

• 1. (Joel 1:13–20; Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3)
• 2. (Isaiah 5:1–7)

Footnotes

• [a] SBL, NE, WH Cut it down!