13:1 Now 1 there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 13:2 He 3 answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners 4 than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things? 13:3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, 5 you will all perish as well! 6 13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed 7 when the tower in Siloam fell on them, 8 do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? 9 13:5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent 10 you will all perish as well!” 11
13:6 Then 12 Jesus 13 told this parable: “A man had a fig tree 14 planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 13:7 So 15 he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, ‘For 16 three years 17 now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it 18 I find none. Cut 19 it down! Why 20 should it continue to deplete 21 the soil?’ 13:8 But the worker 22 answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer 23 on it. 13:9 Then if 24 it bears fruit next year, 25 very well, 26 but if 27 not, you can cut it down.’”
13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues 28 on the Sabbath, 13:11 and a woman was there 29 who had been disabled by a spirit 30 for eighteen years. She 31 was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. 32 13:12 When 33 Jesus saw her, he called her to him 34 and said, “Woman, 35 you are freed 36 from your infirmity.” 37 13:13 Then 38 he placed his hands on her, and immediately 39 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 40 should be done! 41 So come 42 and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.” 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, 43 “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, 44 and lead it to water? 45 13:16 Then 46 shouldn’t 47 this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan 48 bound for eighteen long 49 years, be released from this imprisonment 50 on the Sabbath day?” 13:17 When 51 he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, 52 but 53 the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things 54 he was doing. 55
13:18 Thus Jesus 56 asked, 57 “What is the kingdom of God 58 like? 59 To 60 what should I compare it? 13:19 It is like a mustard seed 61 that a man took and sowed 62 in his garden. It 63 grew and became a tree, 64 and the wild birds 65 nested in its branches.” 66
13:20 Again 67 he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? 68 13:21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with 69 three measures 70 of flour until all the dough had risen.” 71
13:22 Then 72 Jesus 73 traveled throughout 74 towns 75 and villages, teaching and making his way toward 76 Jerusalem. 77 13:23 Someone 78 asked 79 him, “Lord, will only a few 80 be saved?” So 81 he said to them, 13:24 “Exert every effort 82 to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 13:25 Once 83 the head of the house 84 gets up 85 and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, 86 let us in!’ 87 But he will answer you, 88 ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ 89 13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 90 13:27 But 91 he will reply, 92 ‘I don’t know where you come from! 93 Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 94 13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth 95 when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 96 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God 97 but you yourselves thrown out. 98 13:29 Then 99 people 100 will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table 101 in the kingdom of God. 102 13:30 But 103 indeed, 104 some are last 105 who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
13:31 At that time, 106 some Pharisees 107 came up and said to Jesus, 108 “Get away from here, 109 because Herod 110 wants to kill you.” 13:32 But 111 he said to them, “Go 112 and tell that fox, 113 ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day 114 I will complete my work. 115 13:33 Nevertheless I must 116 go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible 117 that a prophet should be killed 118 outside Jerusalem.’ 119 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 120 you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! 121 How often I have longed 122 to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but 123 you would have none of it! 124 13:35 Look, your house is forsaken! 125 And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” 126