⁴ Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam^(A) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

¹⁵ The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,^[a](A) by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

¹⁹ when suddenly a mighty wind^(A) swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead,^(B) and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!^(C)”

¹¹ He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”^(A)

⁷ “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”^(A) (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.^(B)

²⁴ As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold^[a] was brought to him.

⁴¹ “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,^[a] and the other fifty. ⁴² Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”