1. And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;
2. and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?
3. No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.
4. `Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?
5. No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'
6. And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;
7. and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?
8. `And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;
9. and if indeed it may bear fruit--;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'
10. And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,