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Repent or Perish

13 Now at that same time there were some present who were reporting to Him about the Galileans whose blood (A)Pilate had [a]mixed with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, (B)Do you think that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered these things? I tell you, no, but unless you [b]repent, you will all likewise perish. Or do you think that those eighteen on whom the tower in (C)Siloam fell and killed them were worse [c](D)offenders than all the men who live in Jerusalem? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:1 Shed
  2. Luke 13:3 Or are repentant
  3. Luke 13:4 Lit debtors

Demand for genuine change

13 Some who were present on that occasion told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices. He replied, “Do you think the suffering of these Galileans proves that they were more sinful than all the other Galileans? No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did. What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them? Do you think that they were more guilty of wrongdoing than everyone else who lives in Jerusalem? No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did.”

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