

Why should it exhaust the soil?’ĨHe said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it ĩit may bear fruit in the future. * 6 c And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,ħhe said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. * 1At that time some people who were present there told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate * had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.ĢHe said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? a 3By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, b you will all perish as they did!ĤOr those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them *-do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?ĥBy no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!”
