Luke 13:1-9

Call to Repent

1 Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood ¹Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

2 And Jesus said to them, "²Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?

3 "I tell you, no, but unless * you repent, you will all likewise perish.

4 "Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in ³Siloam fell and killed them were worse ⁴culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

5 "I tell you, no, but unless * you repent, you will all likewise perish."

6 And He began telling this parable: "A man had ⁵a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

7 "And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without * finding any. ⁶Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'

8 "And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

9 and if it bears fruit next * year, fine; but if not, cut it down.' "

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27
• 2. John 9:2
• 3. Nehemiah 3:15; Isaiah 8:6; John 9:7, 11
• 4. Matthew 6:12; Luke 11:4
• 5. Matthew 21:19
• 6. Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:19; Luke 3:9

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. shed along with
• [b]. Or "are repentant"
• [c]. Lit "debtors"
• [d]. Lit "and I do not find"