1 About this same time Jesus was told that Pilate had given orders for some people from Galilee to be killed while they were offering sacrifices.
2 Jesus replied:Do you think that these people were worse sinners than everyone else in Galilee just because of what happened to them?
3 Not at all! But you can be sure that if you don't turn back to God, every one of you will also be killed.
4 What about those eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were worse than everyone else in Jerusalem?
5 Not at all! But you can be sure that if you don't turn back to God, every one of you will also die.
6 Jesus then told them this story:A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. One day he went out to pick some figs, but he didn't find any.
7 So he said to the gardener, “For three years I have come looking for figs on this tree, and I haven't found any yet. Chop it down! Why should it take up space?”