Luke 13:4
“Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?”
And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
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“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”
“Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”
“There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.”
“So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?”
“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”