THE GOSPEL ACCORDING to
*LUKE

Luke 13

1Christ sheweth that temporal calamities are no sure signs of sinfulness, but that others should take warning by them, and repent. 6The parable of the fig tree that was ordered to be cut down for being fruitless. 10Christ healeth a woman that had been long bowed together, and putteth the hypocritical ruler of the synagogue to silence: 18he likeneth the progress of the gospel to a grain of mustard seed; 20and to leaven: 23being asked of the number of the saved, he exhorteth to strive to enter in at the strait gate: 31he will not be diverted from his course through fear of Herod; and lamenteth over the approaching desolation of Jerusalem.

1THERE were present at that season some that told him ¹of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?

3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise ²perish.

4Or those eighteen, upon whom the ³tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were ⁴sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

6¶He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

7Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why ⁵cumbereth it the ground?

8And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the ⁶sabbath.

11¶And, behold, there was a woman which had ⁷a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was ⁸bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

12And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art ⁹loosed from thine infirmity.

13And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made ¹⁰straight, and glorified God.

14And ¹¹the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There^a are six days in which ¹²men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth^b not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

16And ought not this woman, being ¹³a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath ¹⁴bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

17And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

18¶Then^c said he, Unto what is ¹⁵the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

19It is like a grain of ¹⁶mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

20And again he said, Whereunto^d shall I liken the kingdom of God?

21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

22And^e he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and ¹⁷journeying toward Jerusalem.

23Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

24 ¶ ¹⁸Strive^f to enter in at ¹⁹the strait^g gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall ²⁰not be able.

25When once ²¹the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the^h door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whenceⁱ ye are:

26Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

27But^j he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart^k from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28There^l shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when^m ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the ²²kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

29Andⁿ they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

30And,^o behold, there are ²³last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

31¶The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, ²⁴Get thee out, and depart hence: for ²⁵Herod will kill thee.

32And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that ²⁶fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do ²⁷cures ²⁸to day and to morrow, and ²⁹the third day I ³⁰shall be perfected.

33³¹Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it ³²cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34 O^p33Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how^q often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her ³⁴brood under her wings, and ye would not!

35Behold,^r your ³⁵house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time ³⁶come when ye shall say, Blessed^sis he that cometh in the name of the Lord.