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.
Now there were some present at that very season which told him of the Galilaeans, 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 answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things?
3 “No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish as well.
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner 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 in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?
5 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye 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.
And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, 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 unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber 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.
And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 If it produces fruit, then that's fine. If not, then chop it down.’”
and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well]; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in a synagogue,
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.
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, a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and told her, “You're freed of your sickness.”
And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine 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 moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.
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?
But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
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 woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?
17 What he said shamed all his opponents, but everyone in the crowd was delighted by all the wonderful things he was doing.
And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 Then Jesus asked, “So what is the kingdom of God like? What should I compare it to?
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken 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 unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven 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 liken the kingdom of God?
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 unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
22 Jesus went around the towns and villages, teaching on his way to Jerusalem.
And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem.
23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Jesus replied,
And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that be saved? And he said unto 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 in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, 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.’
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;
26 Then you'll say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets!’
then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach 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, I tell you, I know not whence ye 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 the weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.
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 they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and 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, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
31 At that moment some Pharisees came to Jesus and told him, “You should leave here. Herod wants to kill you!”
In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain 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 unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out devils and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third [day] I am perfected.
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!
Howbeit I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the [day] following: for 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!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would 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 is left unto you [desolate]: and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
