Luke 13
1 It was around this time that some people told Jesus about Pilate's killing of some Galileans while they were offering sacrifices in the Temple.
And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than any other Galileans because they suffered like this?” Jesus asked.
And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things?
3 “No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish as well.
No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
4 What about those eighteen people that were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were the worst people in the whole of Jerusalem?
Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”
No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
6 Then he told them this story as an illustration. “Once there was man who had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came to look for fruit on the tree, but he didn't find any.
He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
7 So he told the gardener, ‘Look, for three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and I haven't found any. Chop it down! Why should it be taking up space?’
And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?
8 ‘Master,’ the man replied, ‘please leave it alone for just one more year. I'll dig the soil around it and put down some fertilizer.
But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.
9 If it produces fruit, then that's fine. If not, then chop it down.’”
And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in a synagogue,
And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath.
11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by an evil spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not stand straight.
And behold there was a woman, who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and told her, “You're freed of your sickness.”
Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity.
13 Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up, and she praised God.
And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
14 However, the synagogue leader was upset that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. He said to the crowd, “There are six days for work. Come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”
And the ruler of the synagogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath) answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed; and not on the sabbath day.
15 But the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn't every one of you untie your ox or donkey from the stall and take it to drink?
And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you, on the sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water?
16 Why shouldn't this woman, this daughter of Abraham whom Satan has kept tied up for eighteen years, be untied and set free this Sabbath day?”
And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
17 What he said shamed all his opponents, but everyone in the crowd was delighted by all the wonderful things he was doing.
And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him.
18 Then Jesus asked, “So what is the kingdom of God like? What should I compare it to?
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
19 It's like a mustard seed that a man planted in his garden. It grew into a tree, and the birds came and nested in its branches.”
It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.
20 He asked again, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?
And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
21 It's like yeast that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour which made the whole batch rise.”
It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22 Jesus went around the towns and villages, teaching on his way to Jerusalem.
And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem.
23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Jesus replied,
And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them:
24 “Try very hard to enter the narrow doorway, because I tell you that many will try to go in, and won't succeed.
Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.
25 Once the house owner gets up and closes the door, you'll be standing outside knocking on the door, saying, ‘Master, please open the door for us.’ But he'll reply, ‘I don't know you or where you're from.’
But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.
26 Then you'll say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets!’
Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 He'll reply, ‘I tell you, I don't know you or where you're from. Get away from me, all of you who don't do what's good!’
And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28 There will be crying and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you are thrown out.
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
29 People will come from the east and the west, the north and the south, and they will sit down to eat in the kingdom of God.
And there shall come from the east and the west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 For the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.”
And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that shall be last.
31 At that moment some Pharisees came to Jesus and told him, “You should leave here. Herod wants to kill you!”
The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.
32 Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will go on driving out demons and healing people for today and tomorrow, and on the third day I'll achieve what I came to do.
And he said to them: Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am consummated.
33 Well anyway I must continue on my way for today and tomorrow, and the day after. For it wouldn't be right for a prophet to die outside of Jerusalem!
Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow, and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem.
34 Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather all your children together just like a hen does with her chicks under her wings, but you refused!
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
35 Look, your house is left desolate, and I tell you that you won't see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
