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Luke 13 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Repent or Perish

Luk 13:1There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Luk 13:2And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
Luk 13:3No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Luk 13:4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
Luk 13:5No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

Luk 13:6And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
Luk 13:7And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’
Luk 13:8And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.
Luk 13:9Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

A Woman with a Disabling Spirit

Luk 13:10Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
Luk 13:11And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
Luk 13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.”
Luk 13:13And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.
Luk 13:14But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”
Luk 13:15Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?
Luk 13:16And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”
Luk 13:17As 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.

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

Luk 13:18He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
Luk 13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”
Luk 13:20And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
Luk 13:21It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

The Narrow Door

(Mat 7:13, 14 )
Luk 13:22He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Luk 13:23And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them,
Luk 13:24“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
Luk 13:25When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’
Luk 13:26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
Luk 13:27But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
Luk 13:28In that place there 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 you yourselves cast out.
Luk 13:29And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.
Luk 13:30And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Lament over Jerusalem

Luk 13:31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”
Luk 13:32And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.
Luk 13:33Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’
Luk 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
Luk 13:35Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
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