Luke 13:2

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He answered them,“Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

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  • John 9:2 : 2 His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another,“No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
  • Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity? 6 “For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked. 7 You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food. 8 Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it, 9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed. 10 That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you, 11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. 12 “Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are! 13 But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness? 14 Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’ 15 Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked– 16 men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?
  • Luke 13:4 : 4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

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  • 1A Call to Repent Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

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    3No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

    4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

    5No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”

  • 6Jesus Brought Before Herod Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

  • 11Jesus replied,“You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

  • 2His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”

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    31Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • 7If you had known what this means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

  • 11The Grateful Leper Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

  • 26Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

  • 40But the other rebuked him, saying,“Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

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    12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”

    13He told them,“Collect no more than you are required to.”

  • 4When Jesus perceived their thoughts he said,“Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

  • 2Jesus said to him,“Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • 4saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

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    20Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

    21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

    22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

  • 11When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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    12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

    13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

    14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!

  • 34[But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

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    54Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,“Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

    55But Jesus turned and rebuked them,

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    15As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

  • 30Jesus replied,“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

  • 19He said to them,“What things?”“The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied,“a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

  • 7Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

  • 27For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

  • 30They replied,“If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

  • 22When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you raising objections within yourselves?

  • 31They discussed with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’

  • 25In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

  • 31For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

  • 3So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

  • 12And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

  • 43Then they were all astonished at the mighty power of God.Another Prediction of Jesus’ Suffering But while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,

  • 13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

  • 22Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”

  • 10So the crowds were asking him,“What then should we do?”

  • 34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

  • 25Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” They discussed this among themselves, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’

  • 17Then Jesus said,“Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?

  • 42saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

  • 5So they discussed it with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Why did you not believe him?’