[Luke 13]

 

             ^13:1 Now some were here at the same time reporting to him concerning the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices. ^13:2 And Jesus answered and said to them, Do you^° think that these Galileans became sinners more than all the other Galileans, because they have suffered such things? ^13:3 I am saying to you^°, No, but, if you^° do not repent, you^° will all likewise^* perish. ^13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you^° think that these became debtors more than all other men who are dwelling in Jerusalem? ^13:5 I am saying to you^°, No, but, if you^° do not repent, you^° will all likewise^* perish.

 

             ^13:6 Now he was saying this parable: A certain one had a fig tree which has been planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found nothing. ^13:7 Now he said to the vine-dresser, Behold three years, I come seeking fruit and find nothing in this fig tree. Cut it off. Why does it also do-away-with the good soil?

             ^13:8 But he answered and says to him, Lord, Leave it also this year, until which time, I should dig around it and put in more manures; ^13:9 and if it indeed produces fruit, good; otherwise you will be cutting it off in the future.

 

             {Luk 13:10-17:10; Probably Peraea; no parallel. This is similar teaching but a different crowd.}

             ^13:10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ^13:11 And behold, there was a woman having a spirit of sickness for eighteen years, and she was always stooped over and was not able to completely stand-erect. ^13:12 Now Jesus saw her and summoned her and said to her, Woman, you have been released from your sickness. ^13:13 And he laid his hands upon her and instantly she was straightened and was glorifying God.

             ^13:14 Now the synagogue-ruler, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and was saying to the crowd, There are six days in which it is essential for men to work; therefore, be^° healed, coming in these days, and not on the day of the Sabbath.

             ^13:15 Therefore, the Lord answered him and said, O hypocrites, do not each of you^° on the Sabbath loose his bull or his donkey from the manger to deliver it a drink after it was led out? ^13:16 Now this one, being a daughter of Abraham, behold, whom the Adversary bound for eighteen years, is it not essential for her to be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?

             ^13:17 And while saying these things, all the ones laying in opposition to him were being shamed, and all the crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things which happened by him.

 

             {Similar: Mat 13:31-32, Mar 4:30-32, Luk 13:18-19}

             ^13:18 Now he was saying, The kingdom of God is similar to what? And to what will I liken it to? ^13:19 It is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the heaven nested in its branches.

             ^13:20 Again he said, The kingdom of God will be similar to what? ^13:21 It is similar to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three three-gallon-containers of flour, until it was entirely leavened.

 

             {Luk 13:22-35; Peraea; no parallels.}

             ^13:22 And he was traveling through, every one of the cities and villages, teaching and making^* his pursuit toward Jerusalem. ^13:23 Now someone said to him, Lord, if few of the ones are saved, what then?

             But he said to them, ^13:24 Struggle^° to enter in through the narrow gate, because I am saying to you^°, Many will be seeking to enter in and will not be strong-enough. ^13:25 From which time the householder would have arisen and locked the door and you^° being outside might begin to stand and to knock on the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

             And having answered, he will say to you^°, I do not know you^° or where you^° are from.

             ^13:26 Then you^° will begin to say, We ate and drank in your sight and you taught in our streets.

             ^13:27 And he will say, I say to you^°, I do not know you^° or where you^° are from. Withdraw^° from me, all the workers of unrighteousness. ^13:28 The weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there, whenever you^° see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you^° being cast forth outside. ^13:29 And they will be coming from the east and west and north and south, and will be reclined in the kingdom of God. ^13:30 And behold, there are last ones who will be first and there are first ones who will be last.

 

             ^13:31 Some Pharisees came near in the same day, saying to him, Come forth and travel from here, because Herod wishes to kill you.

             ^13:32 And he said to them, After traveling back, say^° to this fox, Behold, I cast forth demons and perform healings today and the next-day and I am completed in the third day. ^13:33 However it is essential for me to travel on today and the next-day and in the next day, because it is not acceptable for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

             {Similar: Mat 23:37-39, Luk 13:34-35}

             ^13:34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, she who kills the prophets and stones the ones who have been sent to her! How-often I willed to gather together your children in the manner a bird gathers together her own brood under the wings, and you^° did not wish for it! ^13:35 Behold, your^° house is left to you^° desolate and I say to you^°, You^° should never see me, until the time will come whenever you^° say, The one coming in the name of the Lord has been blessed.