1. There were present at that time some who told Him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2. Jesus answered, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
3. I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
4. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all men living in Jerusalem?
5. I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
6. Then He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came and looked for fruit on it and found none.
7. So he said to the vinedresser of his vineyard, ‘Now these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it deplete the soil?’
8. “He answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.