Luke 13:1-13 ▼

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.'|

10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

11 and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

12 When Jesus saw her, he called her to him and said, |Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.|

13 Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.