Luke:13

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* Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galileans , whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices . * And he answered and said to them , Do you (note :){+}(:note ) think that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans , because they have suffered these things ? * I tell you (note :){+}(:note ), No : but , except you {+} repent , you {+} will all in like manner perish . * Or those eighteen , on whom the tower in Siloam fell , and killed them , do you (note :){+}(:note ) think that they were offenders above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem ? * I tell you (note :){+}(:note ), No : but , except you {+} repent , you {+} 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 vinedresser , Look , these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree , and find none : therefore cut it down ; why does it also cumber the ground ? * And answering he says to him , Lord , let it alone this year also , until I will dig about it , and dung it : * and if it bears fruit from then on , [very well ]; but if not , you will cut it down . * And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day . * And look , a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years ; and she was bowed together , and could in no way lift herself up . * And when Jesus saw her , he called her , and said to her , Woman , you are loosed from your infirmity . * And he laid his hands on her : and immediately she was made straight , and glorified God . * And the ruler of the synagogue , being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath , answered and said to the multitude , There are six days in which men ought to work : in them therefore come and be healed , and not on the day of the Sabbath . * But the Lord answered him , and said , You (note :){+}(:note ) hypocrites , does not each of you {+} on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall , and lead him away to watering ? * And ought not this woman , being a daughter of Abraham , whom Satan had bound , look , [these ] eighteen years , to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath ? * And as he said these things , all his adversaries were put to shame : and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him . * He said therefore , To what is the kingdom of God like ? And to what shall I liken it ? * It is like a grain of mustard seed , which a man took , and cast into his own garden ; and it grew , and became a tree ; and the birds of the heaven lodged in its branches . * And again he said , To what shall I liken the kingdom of God ? * It is like leaven , which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal , until it was all leavened . * And he went on his way through cities and villages , teaching , and journeying on to Jerusalem . * And one said to him , Lord , are there few who are saved ? And he said to them , * Strive to enter in by the narrow door : for many , I say to you (note :){+}(:note ), will seek to enter in , and will not be able . * When once the master of the house has risen up , and has shut to the door , and you (note :){+}(:note ) begin to stand outside , and to knock at the door , saying , Lord , open to us ; and he will answer and say to you {+}, I don 't know you {+} or where you {+} are from . * Then you (note :){+}(:note ) will begin to say , We ate and drank in your presence , and you taught in our streets ; * and he will speak , saying to you (note :){+}(:note ), I don 't know you {+} or where you {+} are from ; depart from me , all you {+} workers of iniquity . * There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth , when you (note :){+}(:note ) will see Abraham , and Isaac , and Jacob , and all the prophets , in the kingdom of God , and yourselves cast forth outside . * And they will come from the east and west , and from the north and south , and will sit down in the kingdom of God . * And look , there are last who will be first , and there are first who will be last . * In that very hour there came certain Pharisees , saying to him , Get out , and go from here : for Herod wants to kill you . * And he said to them , Go and say to that fox , Look , I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow , and the third [day ] I am perfected . * Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the [day ] following : for it cannot be that a prophet perishes out of Jerusalem . * O Jerusalem , Jerusalem , that kills the prophets , and stones those who are sent to her ! How often I wanted to gather your children together , even as a hen [gathers ] her own brood under her wings , and you (note :){+}(:note ) did not want [to ]! * Look , your (note :){+}(:note ) house is left to you {+}: and I say to you {+}, You {+} will not see me until the time comes when you {+} will say , Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh .

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