2. Jesus answered, “Do you think this happened to those people because they were more sinful than all other people from Galilee?
3. No, they were not. But if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed like those people!
4. And what about those 18 people who died when the tower of Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were more sinful than everyone else in Jerusalem?
5. They were not. But I tell you if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed too!”
6. Jesus told this story: “A man had a fig tree. He planted it in his garden. He came looking for some fruit on it, but he found none.
7. He had a servant who took care of his garden. So he said to his servant, ‘I have been looking for fruit on this tree for three years, but I never find any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the ground?’
8. But the servant answered, ‘Master, let the tree have one more year to produce fruit. Let me dig up the dirt around it and fertilize it.
9. Maybe the tree will have fruit on it next year. If it still does not produce, then you can cut it down.’”
10. Jesus taught in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11. A woman was there who had an evil spirit inside her. It had made the woman crippled for 18 years. Her back was always bent; she could not stand up straight.
12. When Jesus saw her, he called to her, “Woman, you have been made free from your sickness!”
13. He laid his hands on her, and immediately she was able to stand up straight. She began praising God.
14. The synagogue leader was angry because Jesus healed on the Sabbath day. He said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come to be healed on one of those days. Don’t come for healing on the Sabbath day.”
15. The Lord answered, “You people are hypocrites! All of you untie your work animals and lead them to drink water every day—even on the Sabbath day.