Luke 13:1-22

Repent or Perish

13¹ And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices; ² and Jesus answering said to them, 'Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things? ³ No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish. ⁴ 'Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem? ⁵ No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

⁶ And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; ⁷ and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless? ⁸ 'And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung; ⁹ and if indeed it may bear fruit—; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath

¹⁰ And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath, ¹¹ and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all, ¹² and Jesus having seen her, did call 'her' near, and said to her, 'Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;' ¹³ and he laid on her 'his' hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God. ¹⁴ And the chief of the synagogue answering—much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed—said to the multitude, 'Six days there are in which it behoveth 'us' to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.' ¹⁵ Then the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water 'it'? ¹⁶ and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?' ¹⁷ And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

¹⁸ And he said, 'To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it? ¹⁹ It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

The Parable of the Leaven

²⁰ And again he said, 'To what shall I liken the reign of God? ²¹ It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

The Narrow Gate

²² And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;