Okthoba 26, 2013, Ivangeli

Luka 13: 1-9

13:1 And there were present, at that very time, some who were reporting about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.
13:2 Nokuphendula, wathi kubo: “Do you think that these Galileans must have sinned more than all other Galileans, because they suffered so much?
13:3 Cha, ngiyakutshela. But unless you repent, you will all perish similarly.
13:4 And those eighteen upon whom the tower of Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they also were greater transgressors than all the men living in Jerusalem?
13:5 Cha, ngiyakutshela. But if you do not repent, you will all perish similarly.”
13:6 And he also told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree, which was planted in his vineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it, but found none.
13:7 Then he said to the cultivator of the vineyard: ‘Bheka, for these three years I came seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I have found none. Ngakho-ke, cut it down. For why should it even occupy the land?'
13:8 Kodwa ekuphenduleni, wathi kuye: ‘Nkosi, let it be for this year also, during which time I will dig around it and add fertilizer.
13:9 Futhi, ngempela, it should bear fruit. Kodwa uma kungenjalo, in the future, you shall cut it down.’ ”