Repent or Perish
1 Now there were some
present at
that time
who told
Jesus
about the
Galileans
whose
blood
Pilate had
mixed with
their
sacrifices.
2 Jesus
answered,
“Do you
think that
these
Galileans
were worse
sinners
than all
the other
Galileans
because
they
suffered
this way?
3 I tell
you, no!
But unless
you
repent,
you too
will all
perish.
4 Or those
eighteen
who died
when the
tower in
Siloam
fell on
them—do
you think
they were
more
guilty
than all
the others
living in
Jerusalem?
5 I tell
you, no!
But unless
you
repent,
you too
will all
perish.”
6 Then he told this
parable:
“A man had
a fig tree
growing in
his
vineyard,
and he
went to
look for
fruit on
it but did
not find
any.
7 So
he said to
the man
who took
care of
the
vineyard,
‘For three
years now
I’ve been
coming to
look for
fruit on
this fig
tree and
haven’t
found any.
Cut it
down! Why
should it
use up the
soil?’
8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied,
‘leave it
alone for
one more
year, and
I’ll dig
around it
and
fertilize
it.
9 If
it bears
fruit next
year,
fine! If
not, then
cut it
down.’”
Jesus Heals a Crippled
Woman on
the
Sabbath
10 On a Sabbath Jesus was
teaching
in one of
the
synagogues,
11 and a
woman was
there who
had been
crippled
by a
spirit for
eighteen
years. She
was bent
over and
could not
straighten
up at all.
12 When
Jesus saw
her, he
called her
forward
and said
to her,
“Woman,
you are
set free
from your
infirmity.”
13 Then he
put his
hands on
her, and
immediately
she
straightened
up and
praised
God.
14 Indignant because Jesus
had healed
on the
Sabbath,
the
synagogue
leader
said to
the
people,
“There are
six days
for work.
So come
and be
healed on
those
days, not
on the
Sabbath.”
15 The Lord answered him,
“You
hypocrites!
Doesn’t
each of
you on the
Sabbath
untie your
ox or
donkey
from the
stall and
lead it
out to
give it
water?
16 Then
should not
this
woman, a
daughter
of
Abraham,
whom Satan
has kept
bound for
eighteen
long
years, be
set free
on the
Sabbath
day from
what bound
her?”
17 When he said this, all
his
opponents
were
humiliated,
but the
people
were
delighted
with all
the
wonderful
things he
was doing.
The Parables of
the
Mustard
Seed and
the Yeast
18 Then Jesus asked, “What
is the
kingdom of
God like?
What shall
I compare
it to?
19 It
is like a
mustard
seed,
which a
man took
and
planted in
his
garden. It
grew and
became a
tree, and
the birds
perched in
its
branches.”
20 Again he asked, “What
shall I
compare
the
kingdom of
God to?
21 It is
like yeast
that a
woman took
and mixed
into about
sixty
pounds
of flour
until it
worked all
through
the
dough.”
The Narrow Door
22 Then Jesus went through
the towns
and
villages,
teaching
as he made
his way to
Jerusalem.
23 Someone
asked him,
“Lord, are
only a few
people
going to
be saved?”
He said to them,
24 “Make
every
effort to
enter
through
the narrow
door,
because
many, I
tell you,
will try
to enter
and will
not be
able to.
25 Once
the owner
of the
house gets
up and
closes the
door, you
will stand
outside
knocking
and
pleading,
‘Sir, open
the door
for us.’
“But he will answer, ‘I
don’t know
you or
where you
come
from.’
26 “Then you will say, ‘We
ate and
drank with
you, and
you taught
in our
streets.’
27 “But he will reply, ‘I
don’t know
you or
where you
come from.
Away from
me, all
you
evildoers!’
28 “There will be weeping
there, and
gnashing
of teeth,
when you
see
Abraham,
Isaac and
Jacob and
all the
prophets
in the
kingdom of
God, but
you
yourselves
thrown
out.
29 People
will come
from east
and west
and north
and south,
and will
take their
places at
the feast
in the
kingdom of
God.
30 Indeed
there are
those who
are last
who will
be first,
and first
who will
be last.”
Jesus’ Sorrow for
Jerusalem
31 At that time some
Pharisees
came to
Jesus and
said to
him,
“Leave
this place
and go
somewhere
else.
Herod
wants to
kill you.”
32 He replied, “Go tell
that fox,
‘I will
keep on
driving
out demons
and
healing
people
today and
tomorrow,
and on the
third day
I will
reach my
goal.’
33 In
any case,
I must
press on
today and
tomorrow
and the
next
day—for
surely no
prophet
can die
outside
Jerusalem!
34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who
kill the
prophets
and stone
those sent
to you,
how often
I have
longed to
gather
your
children
together,
as a hen
gathers
her chicks
under her
wings, and
you were
not
willing.
35 Look,
your house
is left to
you
desolate.
I tell
you, you
will not
see me
again
until you
say,
‘Blessed
is he who
comes in
the name
of the
Lord.’”