5 I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too."
6 Then Jesus told a story. "A man had a fig tree," he said. "It had been planted in his vineyard. When he went to look for fruit on it, he didn't find any.
7 So he went to the man who took care of the vineyard. He said, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree. But I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'
8 " 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year. I'll dig around it and feed it.
9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' "
10 Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on a Sabbath day.
11 A woman there had been disabled by an evil spirit for 18 years. She was bent over and could not stand up straight.