Luke 13

REPENT OR PERISH

13At that time,^q some people came and reported to him about the Galileans^r whose blood Pilate^s had mixed with their sacrifices. ²And he^B responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things?^{t 3}No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well. ⁴Or those eighteen that the tower in Siloam^u fell on and killed—do you think they were more sinful than all the other people who live in Jerusalem? ⁵No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”

THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE

⁶And he told this parable:^v “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.^{w 7}He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down!^x Why should it even waste the soil?’^y

⁸“But he replied to him, ‘Sir,^C leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.^{z 9}Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”

HEALING A DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM

¹⁰As he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,^{aa 11}a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit^Dab for over eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.^{E 12}When Jesus saw her, he called out to her,^F “Woman, you are free of your disability.” ¹³Then he laid his hands on her,^ac and instantly she was restored^ad and began to glorify God.^ae

¹⁴But the leader of the synagogue, indignant^af because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done;^ag therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

¹⁵But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites!^ah Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox^ai or donkey from the feeding trough^aj on the Sabbath and lead it to water?^{ak 16}Satan^al has bound^am this woman, a daughter of Abraham,^an for eighteen years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage^A on the Sabbath day?”

¹⁷When he had said these things, all his adversaries^ao were humiliated,^ap but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things he was doing.^aq

THE PARABLES OF THE MUSTARD SEED AND OF THE LEAVEN

¹⁸He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like,^ar and what can I compare it to? ¹⁹It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

²⁰Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God^a to? ²¹It’s like leaven^Bb that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds^C of flour until all of it was leavened.”

THE NARROW WAY

²²He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.^{c 23}“Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved?”^d

He said to them, ²⁴“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,^e because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able ²⁵once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.^f Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’ ²⁶Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷But he will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from me,^g all you evildoers!’ ²⁸There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth^h in that place,ⁱ when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,^j but yourselves thrown out. ²⁹They will come from east and west, from north and south, to share the banquet^D in the kingdom of God. ³⁰Note this: Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”^k

JESUS AND HEROD ANTIPAS

³¹At that time some Pharisees came and told him, “Go, get out of here. Herod^l wants to kill you.”^m

³²He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.’^{En 33}Yet it is necessary that I^o travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet^p to perish^q outside of Jerusalem.

JESUS’S LAMENTATION OVER JERUSALEM

³⁴“Jerusalem, Jerusalem,^r who kills the prophets and stones^s those who are sent to her.^t How often I wanted to gather your children^u together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,^v but you were not willing!^{w 35}See, your house is abandoned to you.^x I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when^F you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’!”^Gy