Luke 13:1-9

1Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood 1Pilate had 2mixed with their sacrifices. 2And Jesus said to them, “3Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? 3I tell you, no, but unless you 4repent, you will all likewise perish. 4Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in 5Siloam fell and killed them were worse 67culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? 5I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

6And He began telling this parable: “A man had 8a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. 7And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree 9without finding any. 10Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ 8And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; 9and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”