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Or those 18 that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed-do you think they were more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem?
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No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!"
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 And He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.
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He told the vineyard worker, 'Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?'
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"But he replied to him, 'Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
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Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.' "
Healing a Daughter of Abraham
10 As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,
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a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
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When Jesus saw her, He called out to her, "Woman, you are free of your disability."
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Then He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.