In Luke 13:1-9, Jesus rejects the theological superstition of the day that asserted that everything bad that happens to a person is strictly a result of Gd’s judgment against them for some secret, unrepentant sin. And while God can and does judge sinners with calamities, it's generally the exception not the rule (otherwise all of sinful humanity would perish in God's crosshairs). Instead, Jesus teaches that all sinners—both those who pay their taxes and those who don’t—are all living on borrowed time before disaster strikes us all. The question is: will you be ready when that day comes?