1. Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
2. He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?
3. No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
4. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?
5. No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”
6. Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
7. So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’
8. But the worker answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.
9. Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”