Luke 13

Parable of the Barren Fig Tree Luke 13:6–9

⁶Verse 6. He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. ⁷Verse 7. He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’ ⁸Verse 8. He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it. ⁹Verse 9. If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”

Healing on the Sabbath Luke 13:10–17

¹⁰Verse 10. He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. ¹¹Verse 11. Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. ¹²Verse 12. When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” ¹³Verse 13. He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God. ¹⁴Verse 14. The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”

¹⁵Verse 15. Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water? ¹⁶Verse 16. Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?” ¹⁷Verse 17. As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

Parables of the Kingdom Luke 13:18–21

¹⁸Verse 18. He said,“What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?¹⁹Verse 19. It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”²⁰Verse 20. Again he said,“To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?²¹Verse 21. It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measuresof flour, until it was all leavened.”

Striving for Salvation Luke 13:22–30

²²Verse 22. He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem. ²³Verse 23. One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them, ²⁴Verse 24. “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ²⁵Verse 25. When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

²⁶Verse 26. Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷Verse 27. He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’ ²⁸Verse 28. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside. ²⁹Verse 29. They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom. ³⁰Verse 30. Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”

Lament Over Jerusalem Luke 13:31–35

³¹Verse 31. On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.” ³²Verse 32. He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission. ³³Verse 33. Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.’ ³⁴Verse 34. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

³⁵Verse 35. Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”