Luke 13

Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And he answered and said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the Galileans, because they suffered these things?

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish as well.

Or those 18 on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”

And 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.

And he said to the vineyard keeper, ‘See, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why even let it use up the soil?’

And he answering said to him, ‘Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.

And if indeed it bears fruit soon after, fine, but if not, then cut it down.’”

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

and look, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity 18 years, and she was being bent double and was not able to straighten herself at all.

And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”

And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight and glorified God.

And the ruler of the synagogue who was angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Therefore, come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”

But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, doesn’t each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to watering?

And shouldn’t this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary has bound for 18 years, be released from this bond on this Sabbath day?”

And as he said these things, all those who were opposing him were put to shame, and the whole crowd rejoiced because of all the glorious things he was doing.

He said therefore, “What is the Kingdom of God like? And to what can I compare it?

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of heaven nested in its branches.”

And again he said, “To what can I compare the Kingdom of God?

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

And he passed through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on to Jerusalem.

And one said to him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And he said to them,

“Exert yourself intensely to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not succeed.

When once the head of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us.’ Then he, answering, will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets,’

and he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you who practice unrighteousness.’

“There will be sobbing and gnashing of teeth, when you will see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out.

And they will come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and will recline to eat at the feast in the Kingdom of God.

And take note, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

In that very hour certain Pharisees came, saying to him, “Go off and get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”

And he said to them, “Go and say to that fox, ‘Look! I will keep on casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will be finished.’

Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, just as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

Look! Your house is left to you desolate. And I say to you, you will absolutely not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”