Luke 13:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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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  • John 9:7 : 7 and said to him,“Go wash in the pool of Siloam”(which is translated“sent”). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing.
  • John 9:11 : 11 He replied,“The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.”
  • Luke 11:4 : 4 and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”
  • Neh 3:15 : 15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.
  • Matt 18:24 : 24 As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.
  • Luke 7:41-42 : 41 “A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
  • Job 1:19 : 19 and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
  • 1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.

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  • Luke 13:1-3
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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.

    2He answered them,“Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

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

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

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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.

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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!

    23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

    24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”

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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!

    15And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades!

  • 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.

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    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!’

    14I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  • 27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

  • 15I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

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    35so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

    36I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

  • Luke 18:9-10
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    9The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

    10“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

  • 28For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

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    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.

    43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

    44They will demolish you– you and your children within your walls– and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

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

  • 36Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

  • 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.

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    30Then they will begin to say to the mountains,‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills,‘Cover us!’

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

  • Lam 4:12-13
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    12ל(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.

    13מ(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

  • 28But Jesus turned to them and said,“Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

  • 9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

  • 18Isn’t this the way your ancestors acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”

  • 47Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

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

  • 41The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

  • 14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

  • 3They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

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

  • 25Questions About Jesus’ Identity Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say,“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

  • 12When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you,“Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”

  • 9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

  • 29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • 32The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

  • 51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.