Repent or Perish

13 There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had ^[a]mingled with their sacrifices. ² And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? ³ I tell you, no; but unless you repent 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 sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

⁶ He also spoke this parable: ^(A)“A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. ⁷ Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it ^[b]use up the ground?’ ⁸ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ^9 [c]And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can ^(B)cut it down.’ ”

Tola

10 After Abimelech there ^(A)arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim. ² He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.

Jair

³ After him arose Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years. ⁴ Now he had thirty sons who ^(B)rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, ^(C)which are called ^[a]“Havoth Jair” to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. ⁵ And Jair died and was buried in Camon.

Israel Oppressed Again

⁶ Then ^(D)the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and ^(E)served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, ^(F)the gods of Syria, the gods of ^(G)Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. ⁷ So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He ^(H)sold them into the hands of the ^(I)Philistines and into the hands of the people of ^(J)Ammon. ⁸ From that year they ^[b]harassed and oppressed the children of Israel for eighteen years—all the children of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the ^(K)land of the Amorites, in Gilead. ⁹ Moreover the people of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

^10 (L)And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have ^(M)sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”

¹¹ So the Lord said to the children of Israel, “Did I not deliver you ^(N)from the Egyptians and ^(O)from the Amorites and ^(P)from the people of Ammon and ^(Q)from the Philistines? ¹² Also ^(R)the Sidonians ^(S)and Amalekites and ^[c]Maonites ^(T)oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. ^13 (U)Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more. ¹⁴ “Go and ^(V)cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”

¹⁵ And the children of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned! ^(W)Do to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.” ^16 (X)So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And ^(Y)His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

¹⁷ Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in ^(Z)Mizpah. ¹⁸ And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall ^(AA)be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”