1 A t this time some people came to Jesus. They told Him that Pilate had killed some people from the country of Galilee. It was while they were giving gifts of animals on the altar in worship to God.

Now at the same time there were present some who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.

2 P ilate put their blood together with the blood of the animals. Jesus said to them, “What about these people from Galilee? Were they worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee because they suffered these things?

And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things?

3 N o, I tell you. But unless you are sorry for your sins and turn from them, you too will all die.

No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner.

4 W hat about those eighteen men who were killed when the high building in Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were the worst sinners living in Jerusalem?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that they were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

5 N o, I tell you. But unless you are sorry for your sins and turn from them, you too will all die.” The Picture-Story of the Fig Tree Which Had No Fruit

No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.

6 T hen He told them this picture-story: “A man had a fig tree in his grape-field. He looked for fruit on it but found none.

And he spoke this parable: A certain had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find.

7 H e said to his servant, ‘See! For three years I have been coming here looking for fruit on this fig tree. I never find any. Cut it down. Why does it even waste the ground?’

And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?

8 T he servant said, ‘Sir! Leave it here one more year. I will dig around it and put plant food on it.

But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,

9 I t may be that it will give fruit next year. If it does not, then cut it down.’” Jesus Heals on the Day of Rest

and if it shall bear fruit—but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

10 J esus was teaching in one of the Jewish places of worship on the Day of Rest.

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

11 A woman was there who had suffered for eighteen years because of a demon. She was not able to stand up straight.

And lo, a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to lift her head up.

12 J esus saw her and said, “Woman, you are now free from your trouble!”

And Jesus, seeing her, called to, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

13 T hen He put His hand on her. At once she stood up straight and gave thanks to God.

And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 T he leader of the Jewish place of worship was angry because Jesus healed on the Day of Rest. The leader said to the people, “There are six days in which work should be done. Come on those days and get healed. Do not come to be healed on the Day of Rest.”

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

15 T he Lord said to him, “You pretend to be someone you are not! Do not each of you let his cow or his donkey out and lead them to water on the Day of Rest?

The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading away, water ?

16 S hould not this Jewish woman be made free from this trouble on the Day of Rest? She has been chained by Satan for eighteen years.”

And this, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

17 W hen He said this, all those who were against Him were ashamed. All the many people were glad for the great things being done by Him. The Picture-Stories of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him.

18 T hen Jesus asked, “What is the holy nation of God like? What can I use to show you?

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

19 I t is like a mustard seed which a man took and planted in his field. It grew and became a tree. The birds of the sky stayed in its branches.”

It is like a grain of mustard which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

20 A gain Jesus said, “What can I use to show you what the holy nation of God is like?

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

21 I t is like yeast that a woman put into three pails of flour until it was all full of yeast.” Jesus Teaches on the Way to Jerusalem

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

22 J esus taught the people as He went through the cities and towns on His way to Jerusalem.

And he went through one city and village after another, teaching, and journeying to Jerusalem.

23 S omeone asked Jesus, “Lord, will only a few people be saved from the punishment of sin?” Jesus said to them,

And one said to him, Sir, such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,

24 “ Work hard to go in through the narrow door. I tell you, many will try to go in but will not be able to go in.

Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

25 T he owner of the house will get up and shut the door. You who are on the outside will knock on the door and say, ‘Lord, let us in.’ Then He will say, ‘I do not know you.’

From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:

26 T hen you will say, ‘We ate and drank with You when You taught in our streets.’

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

27 B ut He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know you. Go away from Me. You are sinful.’

and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all workers of iniquity.

28 “ There will be loud crying and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the early preachers in the holy nation of God, but you will be put out.

There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out.

29 T hose who sit at the table in the holy nation of God will come from the east and west and from the north and south.

And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.

30 L isten! Some are last who will be first. Some are first who will be last.”

And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

31 T hat same day some of the proud religious law-keepers came to Jesus. They said, “Go away from here! Herod wants to kill You.”

The same hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him, Get out, and go hence, for Herod is desirous to kill thee.

32 J esus said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘See. I put out demons and heal the sick. I will do these things today and tomorrow. And the third day My work will be finished.’

And he said to them, Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third I am perfected;

33 B ut I must go on My way today and tomorrow and the day after. One who speaks for God cannot die except at Jerusalem. Jesus Sorrows Over Jerusalem

but I must needs walk to-day and to-morrow and the following, for it must not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34 “ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the early preachers and throw stones on those sent to you. How many times I wanted to gather your children around me, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, but you would not let Me.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

35 S ee! Your house is empty. And I tell you, you will not see Me again until the time comes when you will say, ‘Great and honored is the One Who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed he that comes in the name of Lord.