< 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.
Just at that time people came to tell Him about 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?
"Do you suppose," He asked in reply, "that those Galilaeans were worse sinners than the mass of the Galilaeans, because this happened to them?
3 No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
I tell you, certainly not. On the contrary, if you are not penitent you will all perish as they did.
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 on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?
5 No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner.”
I tell you, certainly not. On the contrary, if you do not repent you will all perish just as they did."
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 gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find 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?’
So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?'
8 ‘Leave it this one year more, Sir,’ the man answered, ‘until I have dug around it and manured it.
"But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it.
9 Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.’”
If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"
10 Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
Once He was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues
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.
where a woman was present who for eighteen years had been a confirmed invalid: she was bent double, and was unable to lift herself to her full height.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said, “Woman, you are released from your weakness.”
But Jesus saw her, and calling to her, He said to her, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."
13 He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.
And He put His hands on her, and she immediately stood upright and began to give glory to 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.”
Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."
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's reply to him was, "Hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall and lead him to water?
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 this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"
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.
When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed, while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious things continually done by Him.
18 So Jesus said, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what can I liken it?
This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare 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 a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."
20 And again Jesus said, “To what can I liken the kingdom of God?
And again He said, "To what shall I compare 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 yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, to work there till the whole is leavened."
22 Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
He was passing through town after town and village after village, steadily proceeding towards Jerusalem,
23 “Master,” someone asked, “are there but few in the path of salvation?” And Jesus answered,
when some one asked Him, "Sir, are there but few who are to be saved?"
24 “Strive to go in by the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
"Strain every nerve to force your way in through the narrow gate," He answered; "for multitudes, I tell you, will endeavour to find a way in and will not succeed.
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.’
As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, "'Sir, open the door for us' --"'I do not know you,' He answers; 'you are no friends of mine.'
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 you will plead, "'We have eaten and drunk in your company and you have taught in our streets.'
27 ‘I do not know where you come from. Leave my presence, all you who are living in wickedness.’
"But He will reply, "'I tell you that you are no friends of mine. Begone from me, all of you, wrongdoers that you are.'
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 will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being driven far away.
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.
They will come from east and west, from north and south, and will sit down at the banquet 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 I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then 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.”
Just at that time there came some Pharisees who warned Him, saying, "Leave this place and continue your journey; Herod means to kill you."
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.’
"Go," He replied, "and take this message to that fox: "'See, to-day and to-morrow I am driving out demons and effecting cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'
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.
"Yet I must continue my journey to-day and to-morrow and the day following; for it is not conceivable that a Prophet should perish outside 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 around me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
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.’”
See, your house is left to you. But I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

< Luke 13 >