Hi, friends. I am Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. In this month, the Let's Read

the Gospels podcast is sponsored by our friends at Crew. The Gospels are the first four books

of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of

Jesus Christ life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the

miracles. Each month, we read all four books. It takes about three chapters a day, and then

we get through all four of them in 30 days. So we are working our way through the month

of May. Go ahead and subscribe. Make sure you don't miss any of the days. But remember

what we always say. You don't have to be in the Gospels every day to be changed, but

every day you're in the Gospels will change you. So I'm really glad you're here with

us. Here's how it's going to work. I will read three chapters to you today. You can

listen or read along in your own Bible or online, and then I'll pray. And that's it. Today

is May 20th, day 20 of this month. I'll be reading Luke chapters 13 through 15. And this

month, I'm reading from the CSB version. Luke 13. At that time, some people came and reported

to him about the Galileans whose blood pilot had mixed with their sacrifices. And he responded

to them, do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans

because they suffered these things? No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all

perish as well. Are these 18 that the tower of salome fell on and killed? Do you think

they were more sinful than all the other people who live in Jerusalem? No, I tell you.

But unless you repent, you will all perish as well. And he told this parable, a man had

a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found

none. He told the vineyard worker, listen, for three years, I've come looking for fruit

on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down. Why shouldn't even waste the soil?

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