1 Now there were some present at the same time who told him about
the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus
answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners
than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell
you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same
way. 4 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? 5 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent,
you will all perish in the same way.”
6 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. 7 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?’
8 He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around
it, and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that,
you can cut it down.’”
10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11 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. 12 When
Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from
your infirmity.” 13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she
stood up straight, and glorified God.
14 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!”
15 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? 16 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?”
17 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.
18 He said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare
it? 19 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.”
20 Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? 21 It is
like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures*1 of
flour, until it was all leavened.”
22 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling
on to Jerusalem. 23 One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are
saved?”
He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many,
I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. 25 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.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drink in your
presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 He will say, ‘I tell you, I
don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of
iniquity.’ 28 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. 29 They will come from the east, west,
north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God. 30 Behold,
there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are
first who will be last.”
31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here,
and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”
32 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. 33 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.’
34 “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!
35 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!’”
1 literally,
three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel
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