Luke 13:1–22

Call to Repent

¹Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood ^aPilate had ¹mixed with their sacrifices.

²And Jesus said to them, “^aDo you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?

³“I tell you, no, but unless you ¹repent, you will all likewise perish.

⁴“Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in ^aSiloam fell and killed them were worse ^1bculprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

⁵“I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

⁶And He began telling this parable: “A man had ^aa fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

⁷“And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree ¹without finding any. ^aCut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’

⁸“And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

⁹and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’ ”

Healing on the Sabbath

¹⁰And He was ^ateaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

¹¹And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had ^aa sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.

¹²When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.”

¹³And He ^alaid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began ^bglorifying God.

¹⁴But ^athe synagogue official, indignant because Jesus ^bhad healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “^cThere are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

¹⁵But ^athe Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, ^bdoes not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?

¹⁶“And this woman, ^aa daughter of Abraham as she is, whom ^bSatan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

¹⁷As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and ^athe entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven

¹⁸So ^aHe was saying, “^bWhat is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

¹⁹“It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and ^athe birds of the ¹air nested in its branches.”

²⁰And again He said, “^aTo what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

²¹“^aIt is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in ^bthree ¹pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

Teaching in the Villages

²²And He was passing through from one city and village to another, teaching, and ^aproceeding on His way to Jerusalem.