Saturday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

There were present, at that very time, some who were reporting about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices. And responding, he said to them: “Do you think that these Galileans must have sinned more than all other Galileans, because they suffered so much? No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish similarly. 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? No, I tell you. But if you do not repent, you will all perish similarly.” 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. Then he said to the cultivator of the vineyard: ‘Behold, for these three years I came seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I have found none. Therefore, cut it down. For why should it even occupy the land?’ But in response, he said to him: ‘Lord, let it be for this year also, during which time I will dig around it and add fertilizer. And, indeed, it should bear fruit. But if not, in the future, you shall cut it down.’”