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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.
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 God’s
Kingdom 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
live in its
branches.”
20 Again
he said,
“To what shall
I compare God’s
Kingdom?
21 It is like
yeast, which a
woman took and
hid in three
measures
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 drank 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
God’s Kingdom, and
yourselves being
thrown outside.
29 They will come
from the east,
west, north, and
south, and
will sit down in
God’s Kingdom.
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 would perish
outside of
Jerusalem.’
34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you 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 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!’ ”