13:6 Then 10 Jesus 11 told this parable: “A man had a fig tree 12 planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 13:7 So 13 he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For 14 three years 15 now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it 16 I find none. Cut 17 it down! Why 18 should it continue to deplete 19 the soil?’ 13:8 But the worker 20 answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer 21 on it. 13:9 Then if 22 it bears fruit next year, 23 very well, 24 but if 25 not, you can cut it down.’”
13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues 26 on the Sabbath, 13:11 and a woman was there 27 who had been disabled by a spirit 28 for eighteen years. She 29 was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. 30 13:12 When 31 Jesus saw her, he called her to him 32 and said, “Woman, 33 you are freed 34 from your infirmity.” 35 13:13 Then 36 he placed his hands on her, and immediately 37 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 38 should be done! 39 So come 40 and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.” 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, 41 “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, 42 and lead it to water? 43 13:16 Then 44 shouldn’t 45 this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan 46 bound for eighteen long 47 years, be released from this imprisonment 48 on the Sabbath day?” 13:17 When 49 he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, 50 but 51 the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things 52 he was doing. 53
13:18 Thus Jesus 54 asked, 55 “What is the kingdom of God 56 like? 57 To 58 what should I compare it? 13:19 It is like a mustard seed 59 that a man took and sowed 60 in his garden. It 61 grew and became a tree, 62 and the wild birds 63 nested in its branches.” 64
13:20 Again 65 he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? 66 13:21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with 67 three measures 68 of flour until all the dough had risen.” 69
13:22 Then 70 Jesus 71 traveled throughout 72 towns 73 and villages, teaching and making his way toward 74 Jerusalem. 75 13:23 Someone 76 asked 77 him, “Lord, will only a few 78 be saved?” So 79 he said to them, 13:24 “Exert every effort 80 to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 13:25 Once 81 the head of the house 82 gets up 83 and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, 84 let us in!’ 85 But he will answer you, 86 ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ 87 13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 88 13:27 But 89 he will reply, 90 ‘I don’t know where you come from! 91 Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 92 13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth 93 when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 94 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God 95 but you yourselves thrown out. 96 13:29 Then 97 people 98 will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table 99 in the kingdom of God. 100 13:30 But 101 indeed, 102 some are last 103 who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
13:31 At that time, 104 some Pharisees 105 came up and said to Jesus, 106 “Get away from here, 107 because Herod 108 wants to kill you.” 13:32 But 109 he said to them, “Go 110 and tell that fox, 111 ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day 112 I will complete my work. 113 13:33 Nevertheless I must 114 go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible 115 that a prophet should be killed 116 outside Jerusalem.’ 117 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 118 you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! 119 How often I have longed 120 to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but 121 you would have none of it! 122 13:35 Look, your house is forsaken! 123 And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” 124