Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all go and live there, and that person has even more trouble than before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today.”
Luke 13:3 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version No, they were not. But if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed like those people! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all go and live there, and that person has even more trouble than before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today.”
The king was very angry. He sent his army to kill those who murdered his servants. And the army burned their city.
John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”
Jesus answered, “Do you think this happened to those people because they were more sinful than all other people from Galilee?
And what about those 18 people who died when the tower of Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were more sinful than everyone else in Jerusalem?
They were not. But I tell you if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed too!”
You saw these things happen—you are witnesses. You must go and tell people that they must change and turn to God, which will bring them his forgiveness. You must start from Jerusalem and tell this message in my name to the people of all nations.
So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.