Luke 13:5
What does Luke 13:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Luke 13:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Luke 13:5 means
Just as with the Galileans, Jesus firmly states that the eighteen people killed by the tower's collapse were not necessarily worse sinners than others. He then reiterates His urgent warning: unless all people repent, they will also perish. This repetition emphasizes the critical importance of repentance for everyone, disconnecting suffering from a simple one-to-one correlation with individual sin and instead linking it to the universal human condition and the need for spiritual change.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752No, I say to you: but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.
Context
This verse echoes the strong warning given in verse 3, applying the same principle of repentance to the new example of the tower in Siloam. By repeating the phrase "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish," Jesus underscores the urgency and universality of His message. It solidifies His teaching that all calamities, regardless of their origin, serve as an urgent call for introspection and turning to God, setting the stage for the parable that follows.
v.4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?
v.5This passage
v.6And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 13:3
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
- Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Isaiah 28:10
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.
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