Call to Repent

13 Now on that very occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood ^(A)Pilate had ^[a]mixed with their sacrifices. ² And Jesus responded and said to them, “^(B)Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans just because they have suffered this fate? ³ No, I tell you, but unless you ^[b]repent, you will all likewise perish. ⁴ Or do you think that those eighteen on whom the tower in ^(C)Siloam fell and killed them were worse ^[c](D)offenders than all the other people who live in Jerusalem? ⁵ No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

⁶ And He began telling this parable: “A man had ^(E)a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. ⁷ And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Look! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree ^[d]without finding any. ^(F)Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ ⁸ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; ⁹ and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

Healing on the Sabbath

¹⁰ Now Jesus was ^(G)teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹ And ^[e]there was a woman who for eighteen years had had ^(H)a ^[f]sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent over double, and could not straighten up at all. ¹² When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.” ¹³ And He ^(I)laid His hands on her; and immediately she stood up straight again, and began ^(J)glorifying God. ¹⁴ But ^(K)the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus ^(L)had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “^(M)There are six days during which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” ¹⁵ But ^(N)the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, ^(O)does each of you on the Sabbath not untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it away to water it? ¹⁶ And this woman, ^(P)a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom ^(Q)Satan has bound for ^[g]eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this restraint on the Sabbath day?” ¹⁷ And as He said this, all His opponents were being ^[h]humiliated; and ^(R)the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven

¹⁸ So ^(S)He was saying, “^(T)What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and ^(U)the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

²⁰ And again He said, “^(V)To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? ^21 (W)It is like ^[i]leaven, which a woman took and hid in ^(X)three ^[j]sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

Teaching in the Villages

²² And He was passing through one city and village after another, teaching, and ^(Y)proceeding on His way to Jerusalem. ²³ And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, ²⁴ “^(Z)Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ²⁵ Once the head of the house gets up and ^(AA)shuts the door, and you begin standing outside and knocking on the door, saying, ‘^(AB)Lord, open up to us!’ and He then will answer and say to you, ‘^(AC)I do not know where you are from.’ ²⁶ Then you will ^(AD)begin saying, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets!’ ²⁷ And yet He will ^[k]say, ‘^(AE)I do not know where you are from; ^(AF)leave Me, all you ^[l]evildoers.’ ^28 (AG)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out. ²⁹ And they ^(AH)will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold, ^(AI)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

³¹ At that very time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away and leave this place, because ^(AJ)Herod wants to kill You.” ³² And He said to them, “Go and tell that ^[m]fox, ‘Behold, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I ^[n](AK)reach My goal.’ ³³ Nevertheless ^(AL)I must go on My journey today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a ^(AM)prophet would perish outside Jerusalem. ^34 (AN)Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, ^(AO)just as a hen gathers her ^[o]young under her wings, and you were unwilling! ³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until you say, ‘^(AP)Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!’”