NARRATOR: Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.
JESUS 1: Do you think these Galileans were the greatest sinners in Galilee because they suffered such things? By no means! But I tell you, unless you repent, you will all perish, too.
JESUS 2: Or, take those eighteen in Siloam whom a tower fell on and killed. Do you think they were greater sinners than other inhabitants of Jerusalem? Not at all. But I tell you, unless you repent, you will all perish, too.
NARRATOR: Then Jesus spoke this parable.
JESUS: A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to the gardener:
MAN: Look here! For three years now I have come looking for figs on this tree and found none. Cut it down. Why should it take up space?
GARDENER: Sir, leave it one more year while I hoe around it and manure it. Perhaps then it will bear figs. If not, it shall be cut down.
Luke 13.1-9
Sunday Readings: Exodus 3.1-8, 13-15;1 Corinthians 10.1-6, 10-12; Luke 13.1-9