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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, and 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 perish outside of
Jerusalem.’
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! 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!’” Psalm
118:26
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