13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues 1 on the Sabbath, 13:11 and a woman was there 2 who had been disabled by a spirit 3 for eighteen years. She 4 was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. 5 13:12 When 6 Jesus saw her, he called her to him 7 and said, “Woman, 8 you are freed 9 from your infirmity.” 10 13:13 Then 11 he placed his hands on her, and immediately 12 she straightened up and praised God. 13:14 But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, “There are six days on which work 13 should be done! 14 So come 15 and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.” 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, 16 “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, 17 and lead it to water? 18 13:16 Then 19 shouldn’t 20 this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan 21 bound for eighteen long 22 years, be released from this imprisonment 23 on the Sabbath day?” 13:17 When 24 he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, 25 but 26 the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things 27 he was doing. 28
13:18 Thus Jesus 29 asked, 30 “What is the kingdom of God 31 like? 32 To 33 what should I compare it? 13:19 It is like a mustard seed 34 that a man took and sowed 35 in his garden. It 36 grew and became a tree, 37 and the wild birds 38 nested in its branches.” 39
13:20 Again 40 he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? 41 13:21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with 42 three measures 43 of flour until all the dough had risen.” 44
13:22 Then 45 Jesus 46 traveled throughout 47 towns 48 and villages, teaching and making his way toward 49 Jerusalem. 50 13:23 Someone 51 asked 52 him, “Lord, will only a few 53 be saved?” So 54 he said to them, 13:24 “Exert every effort 55 to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 13:25 Once 56 the head of the house 57 gets up 58 and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, 59 let us in!’ 60 But he will answer you, 61 ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ 62 13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 63 13:27 But 64 he will reply, 65 ‘I don’t know where you come from! 66 Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 67 13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth 68 when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 69 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God 70 but you yourselves thrown out. 71 13:29 Then 72 people 73 will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table 74 in the kingdom of God. 75 13:30 But 76 indeed, 77 some are last 78 who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
13:31 At that time, 79 some Pharisees 80 came up and said to Jesus, 81 “Get away from here, 82 because Herod 83 wants to kill you.” 13:32 But 84 he said to them, “Go 85 and tell that fox, 86 ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day 87 I will complete my work. 88 13:33 Nevertheless I must 89 go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible 90 that a prophet should be killed 91 outside Jerusalem.’ 92 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 93 you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! 94 How often I have longed 95 to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but 96 you would have none of it! 97 13:35 Look, your house is forsaken! 98 And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” 99