Luke 13:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?

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  • John 9:7 : 7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.
  • John 9:11 : 11 His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.
  • Luke 11:4 : 4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.
  • Neh 3:15 : 15 And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David.
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.
  • Matt 18:24 : 24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
  • Luke 7:41-42 : 41 And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty. 42 When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?
  • Job 1:19 : 19 When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
  • 1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 But the rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thousand who were still living. And Ben-hadad went in flight into the town, into an inner room.

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  • Luke 13:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1 Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

    2 And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?

    3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

  • 5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

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    31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

    32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

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    20 Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

    21 Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

    22 But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you.

    23 And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

    24 But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.

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    12 I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.

    13 A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

    14 But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.

    15 And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

  • 27 For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

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    13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

    14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

  • 27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

  • 15 Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

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    35 So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

    36 Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.

  • Luke 18:9-10
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    9 And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

    10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

  • 28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

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    42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

    43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

    44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

  • 2 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

  • 36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?

  • 30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

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    30 And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.

    31 For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

  • Lam 4:12-13
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    12 To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.

    13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.

  • 28 But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.

  • 9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • 18 Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? but you are causing more wrath to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.

  • 47 A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

  • 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

  • 41 The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.

  • 14 O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

  • 3 Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place.

  • 7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

  • 25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

  • 12 And when the wall has come down, will they not say to you, Where is the whitewash which you put on it?

  • 9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

  • 29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

  • 32 The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.

  • 51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.