Luke 13:3 is a widely-abused verse and is often ripped totally out of its context to justify bad doctrine. If this verse was properly studied, it would actually reveal that it has nothing to do with personal salvation. Luke 13:3, and the chapter in general, is discussing the abolishing of Israel as a nation. Many of the people who pervert this verse to justify a works-based salvation gospel ("repent of your sins") are often Christian Zionists, meaning they revere the unbelieving "Jewish" people as "God's chosen people." The so-called Jewish people of today are so far removed from the Jews of the first century because they had been scattered and intermingled with many other nations over the course of hundreds and hundreds of years. God wiped Israel off the map nearly two thousand years ago, using the Romans to accomplish His will. God did this because they rejected Jesus Christ, thereby rejecting the true God of Israel. Judaism was and is to this day a wicked false religion that teaches works-salvation and many other lies and heresies.
