Bible NIV, The Words of Jesus Christ
Luke
Chapter 13
{2} "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} "A man had a fig tree, planted 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.'"
{12} "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."
{15} "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his 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?"
{18} "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 of the air perched in its branches."
{20} "What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?
{21} It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
{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."
{32} "Go tell that fox, 'I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.'
{33} In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day--for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
{34} "O 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, but 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.'"
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