Luke 13 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

A Call to Repentance

Luk 13:1About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple.

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Luk 13:2“Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?” Jesus asked. “Is that why they suffered?

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Luk 13:3Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.

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Luk 13:4And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem?

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Luk 13:5No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.”

Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

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Luk 13:6Then Jesus told this story: “A man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again and again to see if there was any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed.

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Luk 13:7Finally, he said to his gardener, ‘I’ve waited three years, and there hasn’t been a single fig! Cut it down. It’s just taking up space in the garden.’

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Luk 13:8“The gardener answered, ‘Sir, give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I’ll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer.

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Luk 13:9If we get figs next year, fine. If not, then you can cut it down.’”

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

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Luk 13:10One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue,

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Luk 13:11he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight.

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Luk 13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!”

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Luk 13:13Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God!

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Luk 13:14But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week for working,” he said to the crowd. “Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath.”

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Luk 13:15But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?

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Luk 13:16This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?”

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Luk 13:17This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.

Parable of the Mustard Seed

(Mat 13:31, 32; Mar 4:30–32 )

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Luk 13:18Then Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?

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Luk 13:19It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in a garden; it grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make nests in its branches.”

Parable of the Yeast

(Mat 13:33 )

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Luk 13:20He also asked, “What else is the Kingdom of God like?

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Luk 13:21It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

The Narrow Door

(Mat 7:13, 14 )

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Luk 13:22Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem.

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Luk 13:23Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”
He replied,

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Luk 13:24“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

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Luk 13:25When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

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Luk 13:26Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

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Luk 13:27And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’

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Luk 13:28“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.

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Luk 13:29And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God.

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Luk 13:30And note this: Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then.[fn]”

Jesus Grieves over Jerusalem

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Luk 13:31At that time some Pharisees said to him, “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!”

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Luk 13:32Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose.

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Luk 13:33Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn’t do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!

(Mat 23:37–39 )

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Luk 13:34“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.

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Luk 13:35And now, look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!’[fn]”

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NLT Footnotes

(13:30)

Greek Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.

(13:35)

Ps 118:26.

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