Luke:13

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* Now some were present at the same time who informed him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices . * And having answered , Jesus said to them , Do ye suppose that these Galileans became sinful above all the Galileans because they have suffered such things ? * I tell you , no , but if ye do not repent , ye will all perish similarly . * Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them . Do ye think that these became debtors above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem ? * I tell you , no , but if ye do not repent , ye will all likewise perish . * And he spoke this parable . A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard , and he came seeking fruit on it , and found none . * And he said to the vine workman , Behold , three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree , and find none . Cut it down , why also waste the ground ? * And having answered , he says to him , Sir , allow it this year also until I may dig around it and cast manure . * Although surely it should bear fruit , and if not , in the coming year thou will cut it down . * And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day . * And behold , there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years . And she was bent over , and not being able to straighten up completely . * And when Jesus saw her , he called out , and said to her , Woman , thou are loosed from thine infirmity . * And he laid his hands upon her , and immediately she was made straight , and glorified God . * And having responded , the synagogue-ruler , being indignant because Jesus healed on the Sabbath , answered and said to the multitude , There are six days in which he ought to work . Therefore coming in these , be healed , and not on the * But the Lord therefore answered him and said , Ye hypocrites , does not each of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall , and after leading away , give to drink ? * And ought not this woman , being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound , lo , eighteen years , be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath ? * And as he said these things all those opposing him were shamed , and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him . * And he said , What is the kingdom of God like , and to what will I compare it ? * It is like a grain of a mustard plant , which having taken , a man cast into his own garden . And it grew and developed into a great tree , and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches if it . * And again he said , To what will I compare the kingdom of God ? * It is like leaven that a woman having taken , hid in three measures of meal , until the whole was leavened . * And he went through by cities and villages , teaching , and making a journey toward Jerusalem . * And a certain man said to him , Lord , are they few who are being saved ? And he said to them , * Compete to enter in by the narrow gate , because many , I say to you , will seek to enter in , and will not be able . * From the time the house-ruler has risen up , and has closed the door , and ye begin to stand outside , and to knock the door , saying , Lord , Lord , open to us , and having answered , he will say to you , I know not where ye are from , * then ye will begin to say , We ate and drank in thy presence , and thou taught in our thoroughfares . * And he will say , I tell you , I know not where ye are from . Depart from me , all ye workmen of unrighteousness . * There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth , when ye will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God , and you being thrust out . * And they will arrive from the east and west , and from the north and south , and will sit down in the kingdom of God . * And behold , there are last who will be first , and there are first who will be last . * In the same day some Pharisees came , saying to him , Get thee out and depart from here , because Herod wants to kill thee . * And he said to them , Having gone , say to this fox , Behold , I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow , and the third day I am fully perfected . * Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go today and tomorrow and the following , because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem . * O Jerusalem , Jerusalem , that kills the prophets , and stones those who are sent to her . How often I wanted to gather thy children together as a hen does her brood under her wings , and ye would not . * Behold , your house is left to you desolate . And I say to you , that ye will , no , not see me , until it will come when ye say , Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord .

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