Lucas 13

1 And some [people] were present at that very time, reporting to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

2 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all [other] Galileans, because they suffered such things?





7 Then he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I haven't found [any]. Cut it down; why does it even waste the ground?'


9 And if it produces fruit, [fine]. But if not, in the coming [year,] you can cut it down.' "


11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over and was not able to straighten herself up.

12 And seeing her, Jesus called her to [Him] and said, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity."

13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and was glorifying God.

14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in which one should work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day."

15 The Lord then answered him and said, "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, should she not be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"

17 And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things which were done by Him.



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

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened."

22 And He was traveling through various cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.


24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and answering He will say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from.'




29 And they will come from the east and the west, and the north and the south, and will recline [to eat] in the kingdom of God.


31 On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, "Get out and go from here, for Herod wants to kill You."

32 And He said to them, "Go and say to that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.'

33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

34 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who 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 brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

35 See! Your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you shall by no means see Me until [the time] comes when you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' "