1 J ust at that time there some people who informed Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

2 A nd He replied by saying to them, Do you think that these Galileans were greater sinners than all the other Galileans because they have suffered in this way?

and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

3 I tell you, No; but unless you repent ( change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally.

No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

4 O r those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were more guilty offenders (debtors) than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?

`Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, No; but unless you repent ( change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally.

No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'

6 A nd He told them this parable: A certain man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find.

And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

7 S o he said to the vinedresser, See here! For these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue also to use up the ground '> deplete the soil, intercept the sun, and take up room]?

and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

8 B ut he replied to him, Leave it alone, sir, this one more year, till I dig around it and put manure.

`And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

9 T hen perhaps it will bear fruit after this; but if not, you can cut it down and out.

and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

10 N ow Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

11 A nd there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had an infirmity caused by a spirit ( a demon of sickness). She was bent completely forward and utterly unable to straighten herself up or to look upward.

and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,

12 A nd when Jesus saw her, He called and said to her, Woman, you are released from your infirmity!

and Jesus having seen her, did call near, and said to her, `Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

13 T hen He laid hands on her, and instantly she was made straight, and she recognized and thanked and praised God.

and he laid on her hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.

14 B ut the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, There are six days on which work ought to be done; so come on those days and be cured, and not on the Sabbath day.

And the chief of the synagogue answering -- much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed -- said to the multitude, `Six days there are in which it behoveth to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.'

15 B ut the Lord replied to him, saying, You playactors (hypocrites)! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead it out to water it?

Then the Lord answered him and said, `Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water ?

16 A nd ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?'

17 E ven as He said this, all His opponents were put to shame, and all the people were rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

18 T his led Him to say, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

19 I t is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the wild birds found shelter and roosted and nested in its branches.

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

20 A nd again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

21 I t is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of wheat flour or meal until it was all leavened (fermented).

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

22 j ourneyed on through towns and villages, teaching, and making His way toward Jerusalem.

And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;

23 A nd someone asked Him, Lord, will only a few be saved (rescued, delivered from the penalties of the last judgment, and made partakers of the salvation by Christ)? And He said to them,

and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,

24 S trive to enter by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

25 W hen once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us! He will answer you, I do not know where '> what household—certainly not Mine] you come from.

from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

26 T hen you will begin to say, We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.

then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

27 B ut He will say, I tell you, I do not know where '> what household—certainly not Mine] you come from; depart from Me, all you wrongdoers!

and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

28 T here will be weeping and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves being cast forth (banished, driven away).

`There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;

29 A nd will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit down (feast at table) in the kingdom of God.

and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

30 A nd behold, there are some last who will be first, and there are some first who will be last.

and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

31 A t that very hour some Pharisees came up and said to Him, Go away from here, for Herod is determined to kill You.

On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

32 A nd He said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I drive out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish (complete) My course.

and he said to them, `Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third I am being perfected;

33 N evertheless, I must continue on My way today and tomorrow and the day after that—for it will never do for a prophet to be destroyed away from Jerusalem!

but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who continue to kill the prophets and to stone those who are sent to you! How often I have desired and yearned to gather your children together, as a hen her young under her wings, but you would not!

`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

35 B ehold, your house is forsaken (abandoned, left to you destitute of God’s help)! And I tell you, you will not see Me again until the time comes when you shall say, Blessed (to be celebrated with praises) is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!

`Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you -- ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'