Luke 13

¹Now at that very time there were some present who were telling him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

²And answering, Jesus said to them: 'Do you suppose that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they suffered these things?'

³No, I say to you, but unless you repent, you will all perish in like manner.

⁴Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them — do you suppose that they were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

⁵No, I say to you, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

⁶And he was telling this parable: a certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

⁷And he said to the vinedresser: 'Look, for three years I have been coming seeking fruit on this fig tree and do not find any; cut it down therefore — why does it even deplete the ground?'

⁸And answering he says to him: 'Lord, leave it also this year, until I dig around it and put in manure;'

⁹If it bears fruit in the coming year — but if not, you will cut it down.

¹⁰He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

¹¹And behold, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up at all.

¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her: Woman, you have been freed from your infirmity.

¹³And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight and began to glorify God.

¹⁴But the ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd: There are six days in which it is necessary to work; come on those days and be healed and not on the day of the Sabbath.

¹⁵But the Lord answered him and said: Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?

¹⁶But this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, for eighteen years, was it not necessary that she be freed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?

¹⁷And as he said these things, all who opposed him were put to shame, and all the crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by him.

¹⁸He then said: What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

¹⁹It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.

²⁰And again he said: To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

²¹It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened.

²²And he was passing through towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

²³And someone said to him: Lord, are those who are being saved few? And he said to them:

²⁴Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

²⁵Once the master of the house arises and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying: Lord, Lord, open for us — he will answer you: I do not know where you are from.

²⁶Then you will begin to say: We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.

²⁷But he will say to you: I do not know where you are from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.

²⁸There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown outside.

²⁹And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.

³⁰And behold, there are last ones who will be first, and there are first ones who will be last.

³¹At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him: Go and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill you.

³²But he said to them: Go and say to that fox: Behold, I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I am brought to completion.

³³Nevertheless, I must journey on today and tomorrow and the following day, for it is not possible that a prophet should perish outside Jerusalem.

³⁴Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your children in the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

³⁵Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will certainly not see me until the time comes when you will say: Blessed is the one coming in the name of the Lord.