Luke 13:3

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

Luke 13:3 in Other Translations

3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

3 Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.

3 Not at all. Unless you turn to God, you too will die.

3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

3 No! I can guarantee that they weren't. But if you don't turn to God and change the way you think and act, then you, too, will all die.

3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

3 I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too.

Luke 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:3

I tell you, nay,
&c,] They were not greater sinners than others of their neighbours, nor is it to be concluded from the bloody slaughter that was made of them; others might be much more deserving of such an end than they, who yet escaped it:

but except ye repent;
of sin, and particularly of the disbelief of the Messiah:

ye shall likewise perish;
or perish, in like manner, as these Galileans did: and so it came to pass in the destruction of Jerusalem, that great numbers of the unbelieving Jews, even three hundred thousand men were destroyed at the feast of passover ^F3; and that for sedition, as these men very likely were.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Vid. Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 11. & l. 7. c. 17. Euseb. l. 3. c. 5.

Luke 13:3 In-Context

1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

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

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

4 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?

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