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Luke 13 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Repent or Perish

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:1 - Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:2 - Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:3 - I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:5 - I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - 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?’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:8 - “ ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:9 - If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’ ”

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:10 - On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:12 - When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:13 - Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - 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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - 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?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:17 - 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

(Mat 13:31, 32; Mar 4:30–32 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:18 - Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:19 - 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.”
(Mat 13:33 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:20 - Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:21 - It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[fn] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

The Narrow Door

(Mat 7:13, 14 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:23 - Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:24 - “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 - 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.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:26 - “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 - “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:29 - People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:30 - Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:32 - 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.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:33 - In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
(Mat 23:37–39 )
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:35 - 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.’[fn]
NIV Footnotes
Or about 27 kilograms
Psalm 118:26
NIV

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