Luke 13
Repent or Perish
Now there were some
present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood
Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than
all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no, but, unless you
repent, you will all perish in the same way. 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? I tell you, no, but, unless you
repent, you will all perish in the same way."
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. 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?' He answered, 'Lord, leave it
alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it. If it bears fruit, fine; but if
not, after that, you can cut it down.'"
A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath
He was teaching in
one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. Behold, there was a woman who
had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could
in no way straighten herself up. When Jesus saw her, he called
her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your
infirmity." He laid his hands on her, and
immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
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!"
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? 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?"
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.
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare
it? 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 lodged in its branches."
Again he said, "To what
shall I compare the Kingdom of God? It is like yeast, which a woman
took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was
all leavened."
The Narrow Door
He went on his way
through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
One said to him,
"Lord, are they few who are saved?"
He said to them, "Strive to
enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in,
and will not be able. 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.' Then you will begin to say, 'We
ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' He will say, 'I tell you, I
don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of
iniquity.' There will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all
the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.
They will come from the
east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.
Behold, there are some
who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will
be last."
Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem
On that same day,
some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away,
for Herod wants to kill you."
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.
Nevertheless I must go
on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a
prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that
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! 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!'"
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