Repent or Perish
1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you xrepent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 And he told this parable: “A man had a yfig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he uwept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a vbarricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will wnot leave one stone upon another in you, xbecause you did not know the time of your visitation.”
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
45 yAnd he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, 46 saying to them, “It is written, z‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a aden of robbers.”
47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking bto destroy him, 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were changing on his words.
