Sermon text: Luke 13:6-9
As we have done with the other parables that we have looked at, the first thing we want to do here is look at the context. In what context is Jesus telling us this parable. At the beginning of chapter 13, it says that some came to Jesus and told him about some Galileans who Pilate had killed and then mixed their blood with the sacrifices that were being made. It is not entirely clear why they bring this up to Jesus, but they wanted some sort of reaction from him. Historians don’t know exactly what incidents are being discussed here, but the atrocities of Pilate during this time were very well known. The point though, is that these folk wanted some reaction or opinion from Jesus.
