Luke - Chapter 13

Passage

And there were present at that very time some who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. And he answered and said to them: Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things? No, I say to you: but unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloe fell and killed them: do you think that they also were debtors above all the men who lived in Jerusalem? No, I say to you: but unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish. He also told this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard: and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. And he said to the keeper of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down therefore. Why should it use up the ground? But he answered and said to him: Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on it. And perhaps it will bear fruit: but if not, then after that you shall cut it down. And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. And she was bent over and could not look upward at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her to him and said to her: Woman, you are set free from your infirmity. And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue, angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the crowd: There are six days on which you ought to work. On them therefore come and be healed: and not on the sabbath day. And the Lord answered him and said: You hypocrites, does not each one of you, on the sabbath day, untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead them to water? And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, these eighteen years, be set free from this bond on the sabbath day? And when he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him. He said therefore: What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden: and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches. And again he said: To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened. And he went through the cities and towns teaching and making his journey to Jerusalem. And a certain man said to him: Lord, are only a few saved? But he said to them: Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter and shall not be able. But when the master of the house has gone in and shut the door, you shall begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he shall answer and say to you: I do not know where you come from. Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in your presence: and you have taught in our streets. And he shall say to you: I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And behold, there are last who shall be first: and there are first who shall be last. The same day, some of the Pharisees came, saying to him: Depart, and get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you. And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out devils and do cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I am perfected. Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children as the bird gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you that you shall not see me until the time comes when you shall say: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.