Luke 13:1-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

13 Just at that time there [arrived] some people who informed Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

² And He replied by saying to them, Do you think that these Galileans were greater sinners than all the other Galileans because they have suffered in this way?

³ I tell you, No; but unless you repent (^[a]change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost ^[b]eternally.

⁴ Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were more guilty offenders (debtors) than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?

⁵ I tell you, No; but unless you repent (^[c]change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost ^[d]eternally.

⁶ And He told them this parable: A certain man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find [any].

⁷ So he said to the vinedresser, See here! For these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue also to use up the ground [to ^[e]deplete the soil, intercept the sun, and take up room]?

⁸ But he replied to him, Leave it alone, sir, [just] this one more year, till I dig around it and put manure [on the soil].

⁹ Then perhaps it will bear fruit after this; but if not, you can cut it down and out.