Luke 13
1 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.
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 suppose,’ replied Jesus, ‘that, because these Galileans have suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than any other Galileans?
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 they did.
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
4 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?
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 in the same manner.’
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 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.
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 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?”
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 “Leave it this one year more, Sir,” the man answered, “until I have dug round it and manured it.
And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.”’
and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well]; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
10 Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.
11 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.
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 to him, and said, ‘Woman, you are released from your weakness.’
And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.
And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
14 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.’
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 ‘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?
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 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?’
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 As he said this, his opponents all felt ashamed; but all the people rejoiced to see all the wonderful things that 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 So Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what can I liken it?
He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
19 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.’
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 And again Jesus said, ‘To what can I liken the kingdom of God?
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.’
It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
22 Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem.
23 ‘Master,’ someone asked, ‘are there but few in the path of salvation?’ And Jesus answered,
And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that be saved? And he said unto them,
24 ‘Strive to go in by the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
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 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.”
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 will begin to say “We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,” and his reply will be –
then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;
27 “I do not know where you come from. Leave my presence, all you who are living in wickedness.”
and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28 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.
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 East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet 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 There are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!’
And behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
31 Just then some Pharisees came up to Jesus and said, ‘Go away and leave this place, for 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 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.”
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 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.
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 Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to you – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
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 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.”’
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.
