Luke 13

Repent or Perish

1Now there were some present at that very time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2Jesus responded to them, “Do you think that those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered 1such things? 3No, I tell you, but if you do not repent, you will all likewise perish. 4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the other people who dwell in Jerusalem? 5No, I tell you, but if you do not repent, you will all likewise perish.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

6Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but did not find any. 7So he said to the vinedresser, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and have not found any. 2Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ 8But the vinedresser said to him in response, ‘Sir, allow it to remain for this year also, and I will dig around it and put manure on it. 9If it bears 3fruit, fine; but if not, yoʋ can cut it down in the coming year.’ ”

Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman

10One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues. 11And behold, there was a woman who had suffered from a spirit of disability for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not stand up completely straight. 12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, yoʋ are set free from yoʋr disability.” 13Then he laid his hands on her, and at once her back was made straight, and she began glorifying God. 14But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath day.” 15Then the Lord said to him in response, “4Hypocrites! Do not each of you on the Sabbath untie yoʋr ox or donkey from the manger, lead it away, and give it water? 16Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be released from this bondage on the Sabbath day?” 17When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame, and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things he was doing.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

18Then Jesus said, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it? 19It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a 5large tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

The Parable of the Leaven

20Again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour until it had all been leavened.”

The Narrow Gate

22Then Jesus traveled through towns and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. 23Someone said to him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Jesus said to them, 24“Strive to enter through the narrow 6gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to. 25Once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, 7Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer you, ‘I do not know you or where you are from.’ 26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in yoʋr presence, and yoʋ taught in our streets.’ 27But he will 8say, ‘I tell you, I do not know 9you or where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness.’ 28In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves cast out. 29People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at the banquet table in the kingdom of God. 30And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

The Lament over Jerusalem

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On that same day some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Leave this place and go somewhere else, for Herod wants to kill yoʋ.” 32But he said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Behold, I will continue casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will finish my work.’ 33Nevertheless, I must go on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day; for it is unthinkable that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. 34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to yoʋ! How often I have wanted to gather yoʋr children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! 35Behold, your house is left to you 11desolate. 12I tell you, you will certainly not see me again until 13the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”