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