Luke 13
1 Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Just at that time people came to tell Him about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
"Do you suppose," He asked in reply, "that those Galilaeans were worse sinners than the mass of the Galilaeans, because this happened to them?
3 I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
I tell you, certainly not. On the contrary, if you are not penitent you will all perish as they did.
4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
I tell you, certainly not. On the contrary, if you do not repent you will all perish just as they did."
6 He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.
7 He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down! Why does it waste the soil?’
So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?'
8 He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
"But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.
9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"
10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
Once He was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues
11 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and could in no way straighten herself up.
where a woman was present who for eighteen years had been a confirmed invalid: she was bent double, and was unable to lift herself to her full height.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
But Jesus saw her, and calling to her, He said to her, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."
13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
And He put His hands on her, and she immediately stood upright and began to give glory to God.
14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."
15 Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water?
But the Lord's reply to him was, "Hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall and lead him to water?
16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"
17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed, while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious things continually done by Him.
18 He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."
20 Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?
And again He said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
21 It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
It is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, to work there till the whole is leavened."
22 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
He was passing through town after town and village after village, steadily proceeding towards Jerusalem,
23 One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,
when some one asked Him, "Sir, are there but few who are to be saved?"
24 “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
"Strain every nerve to force your way in through the narrow gate," He answered; "for multitudes, I tell you, will endeavour to find a way in and will not succeed.
25 When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, "'Sir, open the door for us' --"'I do not know you,' He answers; 'you are no friends of mine.'
26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
"Then you will plead, "'We have eaten and drunk in your company and you have taught in our streets.'
27 He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
"But He will reply, "'I tell you that you are no friends of mine. Begone from me, all of you, wrongdoers that you are.'
28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside.
"There will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being driven far away.
29 They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.
They will come from east and west, from north and south, and will sit down at the banquet in the Kingdom of God.
30 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”
And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last."
31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”
Just at that time there came some Pharisees who warned Him, saying, "Leave this place and continue your journey; Herod means to kill you."
32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
"Go," He replied, "and take this message to that fox: "'See, to-day and to-morrow I am driving out demons and effecting cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'
33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.’
"Yet I must continue my journey to-day and to-morrow and the day following; for it is not conceivable that a Prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
See, your house is left to you. But I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
