Lucas 13

¹ There were present then some, who informed Jesus of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices.

² Jesus answering, said to them, Do you think that these Galileans were the greatest sinners in all Galilee, because they suffered such usage?

³ I tell you, No: but unless you reform, you shall all likewise perish;

⁴ or, those eighteen upon whom the tower of Siloam fell, and slew them; do you think that they were the greatest profligates in Jerusalem?

⁵ I tell you, No: but unless you reform, you shall all likewise perish.

⁶ He also spoke this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and came seeking fruit on it, but found none.

⁷ Then he said to the vine-dresser, This is the third year that I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down: why should it cumber the ground?

⁸ He answered, Sir, let it alone one year longer till I dig about it, and manure it;

⁹ perhaps it will bear fruit: if not, you may afterward cut it down.

¹⁰ On the Sabbath, as he was teaching in a synagogue,

¹¹ a woman was present, who, for eighteen years, had a spirit of infirmity, by which she was so bowed down that she could not so much as look up.

¹² Jesus, perceiving her, called her to him, and, laying his hand on her, said, Woman, you are delivered from your infirmity.

¹³ Immediately she stood upright, and glorified God.

¹⁴ But the director of the synagogue, moved with indignation, because Jesus had performed a cure on the Sabbath, said to the people, There are six days for working; come, therefore, on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

¹⁵ To which the Lord replied, Hypocrites! who is there amongst you that does not, on the Sabbath, loose his ox or ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

¹⁶ And must not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound, lo! these eighteen years, be released from this bond on the Sabbath day?

¹⁷ On his saying this, all his opposers were ashamed; but the whole multitude was delighted with all the glorious actions performed by him.

¹⁸ He said, moreover, What does the kingdom of God resemble? To what shall I compare it?

¹⁹ It resembles a grain of mustard seed, which a man threw into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air took shelter in its branches.

²⁰ Again, he said, To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

²¹ It resembles leaven, which a woman mingled in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

²² And he took a journey to Jerusalem; teaching as he passed through cities and villages:

²³ and one asked him, Master, are there but few who shall be saved? He answered,

²⁴ Force your entrance through the straight gate; for many, I assure you, will request to be admitted, who shall not prevail.

²⁵ If once the master of the house shall have arisen and locked the door, and you standing without and knocking, say, Master, Master, open to us; he will answer, I know not whence you are.

²⁶ Then they will say, We have eat and drunk with you, and you have taught in our streets.

²⁷ But he will answer, I tell you, I know not whence you are: remove hence, all you workers of unrighteousness.

²⁸ Then will ensue weeping, and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets received into the kingdom of God, and yourselves excluded:

²⁹ nay, people will come from the east, from the west, from the north, and from the south, and will place themselves at table in the kingdom of God.

³⁰ And, behold, they are last, who shall be first; and they are first, who shall be last.

³¹ The same day, certain Pharisees came to him, and said, Get away; depart hence, for Herod intends to kill you.

³² He answered, Go, tell that fox, Today and to-morrow I expel demons, and perform cures, and the third day my course will be completed.

³³ Nevertheless, I must walk about today and to-morrow, and the day following; for it can not be, that a prophet should be cut off anywhere but in Jerusalem.

³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest them whom God sends to you! how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings; but you would not!

³⁵ Quickly shall your house be deserted; for indeed, I say to you, you shall not see me, till the time when you shall say, Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!