Luke 13
1 And there were some present at that time, telling Him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices;
Just at that time some people had come to tell Jesus about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
2 and Jesus answering said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?
“Do you suppose,” replied Jesus, “that, because these Galileans have suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than any other Galileans?
3 No—I say to you, but if you may not convert, even so will all you perish.
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, 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 these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?
Or those eighteen men at Siloam on whom the tower fell, killing them all, do you suppose that they were worse offenders than any other inhabitants of Jerusalem?
5 No—I say to you, but if you may not convert, all you will perish in like manner.”
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner.”
6 And He spoke this allegory: “A certain one had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;
And Jesus told them this parable – “A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.
7 and he said to the vinedresser, Behold, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig tree, and do not find [it], cut it off, why does it also render the ground useless?
So he said to his gardener ‘Three years now I have come to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any! Cut it down. Why should it rob the soil?’
8 And he answering says to him, Lord, permit it also this year, until I may dig around it, and cast in dung;
‘Leave it this one year more, Sir,’ the man answered, ‘until I have dug around it and manured it.
9 and if indeed it may bear fruit—and if not so, thereafter you will cut it off.”
Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.’”
10 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,
Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
11 and behold, there was a woman having a spirit of disability [for] eighteen years, and she was bent together, and not able to bend back at all,
and he saw before him a woman who for eighteen years had suffered from weakness owing to her having an evil spirit in her. She was bent double, and was wholly unable to raise herself.
12 and Jesus having seen her, called [her] near and said to her, “Woman, you have been loosed from your disability”;
When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said, “Woman, you are released from your weakness.”
13 and He laid on her [His] hands, and immediately she was set upright, and was glorifying God.
He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.
14 And the chief of the synagogue answering—much displeased that on the Sabbath Jesus healed—said to the multitude, “Six days there are in which it is necessary to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the day of the Sabbath.”
But the synagogue leader, indignant that Jesus had worked the cure on the Sabbath, intervened and said to the people, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come to be cured on one of those, and not on the Sabbath.”
15 Then the LORD answered him and said, “Hypocrite, do not each of you loose his ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and having led [it] away, water [it]?
“You hypocrites!” the Master answered him. “Does not everyone of you let your ox or your donkey loose from its manger, and take it out to drink, on the Sabbath?
16 And this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound eighteen years, behold, did [she] not ought to be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?”
But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?”
17 And He saying these things, all who were opposed to Him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by Him.
As he said this, his opponents all felt ashamed; but all the people rejoiced to see all the wonderful things that he was doing.
18 And He said, “To what is the Kingdom of God like? And to what will I liken it?
So Jesus said, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what can I liken it?
19 It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the birds of the heavens rested in its branches.”
It is like a mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden. The seed grew and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches.”
20 And again He said, “To what will I liken the Kingdom of God?
And again Jesus said, “To what can I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until all was leavened.”
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.”
22 And He was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;
Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
23 and a certain one said to Him, “Lord, are those saved few?” And He said to them,
“Master,” someone asked, “are there but few in the path of salvation?” And Jesus answered,
24 “Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and will not be able;
“Strive to go in by the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
25 from the time the Master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and you may begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and He answering will say to you, I have not known you from where you are,
when once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ His answer will be – ‘I do not know where you come from.’
26 then you may begin to say, We ate before You, and drank, and You taught in our broad places;
Then you will begin to say ‘We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,’ and his reply will be –
27 and He will say, I say to you, I have not known you from where you are; depart from Me, all you workers of the unrighteousness.
‘I do not know where you come from. Leave my presence, all you who are living in wickedness.’
28 There will be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth when you may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being cast outside;
There, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while you yourselves are being driven outside.
29 and they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline in the Kingdom of God,
People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.
30 and behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”
There are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!”
31 On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to Him, “Go forth, and be going on from here, for Herod wishes to kill You”;
Just then some Pharisees came up to Jesus and said, “Go away and leave this place, for Herod wants to kill you.”
32 and He said to them, “Having gone, say to that fox, Behold, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures today and tomorrow, and the third [day] I am being perfected;
But Jesus answered, “Go and say to that fox ‘Look you, I am driving out demons and will be completing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will have done.’
33 but it is necessary for Me today, and tomorrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.
But today and tomorrow and the day after I must go on my way, because it cannot be that a prophet should meet his end outside Jerusalem.
34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to her, how often I willed to gather together your children, as a hen [gathers] her brood under the wings, and you did not will.
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to you – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children around me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
35 Behold, your house is being left to you desolate, and truly I say to you, you may not see Me, until it may come when you may say, Blessed [is] He who is coming in the Name of the LORD.”
Verily your house is left to you desolate! And never, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
