Repent to Assure Your Salvation: Sin Must End — June 30 [Description]Overview of Luke 13:1-9:This passage begins with people telling Jesus about a recent tragedy—Pilate killing Galileans during worship. Jesus responds not by explaining why it happened but by stressing that everyone needs to repent, not just those who suffer misfortune. He uses a parable to make His point:A man plants a fig tree expecting fruit, but after three years, it’s still barren. He wants to cut it down, but the gardener asks for one more year to nurture it—if it still bears no fruit, then it will be cut down.Key takeaway: God is patient, but His patience isn’t endless. Tragedy isn’t always punishment, but it is a warning. Repentance is urgent, and fruit (spiritual growth and change) is expected. 365D 181

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Luke 13:1-9 365D 181.1

1 There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had ^[a]mixed mingled with their sacrifices. 365D 181.2

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? 365D 181.3

3 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 365D 181.4

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? 365D 181.5

5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” 365D 181.6

6 He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 365D 181.7

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]waste use up the ground?’ 365D 181.8

8 But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 365D 181.9

9 ^{[c]NU And if it bears fruit after that, well. But if not, you can} And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ” 365D 181.10