Luke 13:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) No, I tell you; but unless you repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives], you [too] will all be destroyed just as they were. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I tell you, No; but unless you repent (change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally. American Standard Version (1901) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish. Common English Bible No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did. Catholic Public Domain Version No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish similarly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish. |
Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, more evil than itself, and they reenter [the body] and [begin to] live there, so that the latter state of that person becomes worse than the former [state]. It will be the same way with the people of this evil generation.”
The king became furious and sent his army to destroy these murderers and burn their city.
“You must repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives], for the kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”
And He answered them, “Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all [other] Galileans because they suffered such a fate?
Or do you think that those eighteen persons who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them were worse offenders than all the [other] men who lived in Jerusalem?
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you [too] will all be destroyed just as they were.”
And [the need for] a change of heart and life in order to receive the forgiveness of sins [from God] will be preached in Jesus’ name [i.e., by His authority] to people of all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Therefore, you people [must] repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives] and turn [back] again [to God] so that your sins will be blotted out and so that you may enjoy times of [spiritual] refreshment from the presence of the Lord [i.e., through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit].