15.
Teaching concerning repentance
13:1-9
Luke 13
:1
13:1
1Now there were some present at the same time who reported to Him concerning the
aGalileans whose blood
bPilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Luke 13
:2
13:2
And He answered and said to them, Do you think that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered these things?
Luke 13
:3
13:3
No, I tell you; but unless you
arepent, you shall all likewise
bperish.
Luke 13
:4
13:4
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in
aSiloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were debtors beyond all the men dwelling in Jerusalem?
Luke 13
:5
13:5
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you shall all similarly perish.
Luke 13
:6
13:6
1And He told
2this parable: A certain man had a
afig tree planted in his
bvineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it and did not find
any.
Luke 13
:7
13:7
And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I have not found
any. aCut it down therefore. Why does it also
1make the ground useless?
Luke 13
:8
13:8
But he answered and said to him, Master, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and throw on manure.
Luke 13
:9
13:9
And if it produces fruit in the future,
good; otherwise, cut it down.
16.
Healing a bent-double woman on the Sabbath
13:10-17
Luke 13
:10
13:10
And He was teaching in one of the
asynagogues on the Sabbath.
Luke 13
:11
13:11
And behold, there was a woman who had a
1aspirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was
2bent double and could not stand erect at all.
Luke 13
:12
13:12
And Jesus, seeing her, called
her to
Him and said to her, Woman, you are released from your infirmity.
Luke 13
:13
13:13
And He
alaid His hands on her, and instantly she was made erect and began to
bglorify God.
Luke 13
:14
13:14
But the
aruler of the synagogue, being
1indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd, There are
bsix days in which
man should work; therefore, come on them and be healed, and
cnot on the Sabbath day.
Luke 13
:15
13:15
But the Lord answered him and said,
1aHypocrites! Does not each of you on the
bSabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead
it away and water
it?
Luke 13
:16
13:16
And this woman, being a
1daughter of
aAbraham whom
2bSatan has bound, behold, for eighteen years, should she not have been released from this bond on the
3Sabbath day?
Luke 13
:17
13:17
And when He said these things, all those opposing Him were put to
ashame, and all the crowd rejoiced over all the
bglorious things that were being done by Him.
17.
Teaching concerning the kingdom of God as a grain of mustard and as leaven
13:18-21
Luke 13
:18
13:18
1He said therefore, What is the
akingdom of God like, and to what shall I liken it?
Luke 13
:19
13:19
It is like a
amustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of heaven roosted in its branches.
Luke 13
:20
13:20
And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
Luke 13
:21
13:21
It is like
aleaven, which a woman took and hid in
bthree measures of meal until the
cwhole was leavened.
18.
Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God
13:22-30
Luke 13
:22
13:22
And He journeyed throughout the cities and
avillages, teaching and making His way toward
bJerusalem.
Luke 13
:23
13:23
And someone said to Him, Lord, are there
only a few who are being
asaved?
Luke 13
:24
13:24
And He said to them,
aStruggle to enter through the
1bnarrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter, yet will not be
2able.
Luke 13
:25
13:25
Once the Master of the house has risen and
ashuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying,
bLord, open to us, then He will answer and say to you, I do not know you,
nor where you are from.
Luke 13
:26
13:26
Then you will begin to say, We
aate in Your presence and drank, and You taught in our streets.
Luke 13
:27
13:27
And He will say, I tell you, I do not know where you are from.
aGo away from Me, all
you workers of unrighteousness.
Luke 13
:28
13:28
There will be
1aweeping and gnashing of teeth there when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the
2kingdom of God, but you being cast
boutside.
Luke 13
:29
13:29
And they will come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and will recline
at table in the
akingdom of God.
Luke 13
:30
13:30
And behold, there are
some 1last who will be first, and there are
some 2first who will be last.
19.
Journeying uninterruptedly toward Jerusalem
13:31-35
Luke 13
:31
13:31
In the same hour some
aPharisees came up, saying to Him, Get out and go from here, for
bHerod wants to
1kill you.
Luke 13
:32
13:32
And He said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish healings
1today and tomorrow, and on the
athird day I
2am bperfected.
Luke 13
:33
13:33
However, I
1must journey today and tomorrow and on the following day because it is not acceptable for a
aprophet to perish outside of
bJerusalem.
Luke 13
:34
13:34
aJerusalem, Jerusalem, who
1kills the prophets and
bstones those who are sent to her! How often I desired to
cgather your children together, the way a hen
gathers her own brood under her
dwings, and you
ewould not!
Luke 13
:35
13:35
Behold, your
1house is left to you. And I say to you, You shall by no means see Me until
the time comes when you say,
aBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
