Luke 13:3

Luke 13:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.

Context of Luke 13:3

1Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4Or 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? 5I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

Luke 13:3 word by word

οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐὰν μὴ μετανοῆτε, πάντες ὁμοίως ἀπολεῖσθε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• youσύsu · youG4771
• Nayοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• exceptἐάνean · ifG1437
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• ye repentμετανοέωmetanoeō · to repentG3340
• ye shallἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• likewiseὡσαύτωςhōsautōs · likewiseG5615

Cross-references for Luke 13:3

• Luke 13:5I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
• Luke 24:47and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
• Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
• Revelation 2:21I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
• Luke 19:42and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Luke 21:22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.
• Luke 23:28Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.
• Matthew 12:45Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
• Matthew 22:7The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
• Matthew 23:35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Matthew 24:21For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

Commentaries on Luke 13:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Jesus was responding to a popular claim that bad things only happen to bad people. Sin has negative consequences, but not every bad thing is a result of sin. Jesus then clarified that all people are sinners who need to repent (13:3, 5; see Job 4:7; 8:4, 20; 22:5; see also Psalms 34:21; 75:10; Proverbs 3:33; 10:3, 6–7, 16, 24–25; John 9:2–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91-3. Galileans--possibly the followers of Judas of Galilee, who, some twenty years before this, taught that Jews should not pay tribute to the Romans, and of whom we learn, from Ac 5:37, that he drew after him a multitude of followers, who on his being slain were all dispersed. About this time that party would be at its height, and if Pilate caused this detachment of them to be waylaid and put to death as they were offering their sacrifices at one of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:3

• Impenitence
• Repentance
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Nay
• Repent
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Repentance
• Galilee, Galilean

Commentaries on Luke 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings