Luke 13:1-9

Repent or Perish

¹ There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood _p Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. ² And he answered them, _q "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? ³ No, I tell you; but unless you _r repent, you will all likewise perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen on whom the tower in _s Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? ⁵ No, I tell you; but unless you _r repent, you will all likewise perish."

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

⁶ And he told this parable: "A man had _t a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. ⁷ And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. _u Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?' ⁸ And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. ⁹ Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

1. Cross References
   Luke 3:1
   In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene.
   
2. Cross References
   Job 4:7
   Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
   John 9:2
   And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?
   Acts 28:4
   When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 5:32
   I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
   
4. Cross References
   John 9:7
   And said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
   John 9:11
   He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my sight.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 13:3
   No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 21:19
   And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.
   Mark 11:13
   And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
   Isaiah 5:2
   He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
   
7. Cross References
   Luke 3:9
   Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
   Matthew 7:19
   Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
   

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