Repent or Perish

13 At that time,^(A) some people came and reported to him about the Galileans^(B) whose blood Pilate^(C) had mixed with their sacrifices. ² And he^[a] responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things?^{(D) 3} No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well. ⁴ Or those eighteen that the tower in Siloam^(E) fell on and killed—do you think they were more sinful than all the other people who live in Jerusalem? ⁵ No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

⁶ And he told this parable:^(F) “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.^{(G) 7} He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down!^(H) Why should it even waste the soil?’^(I)

⁸ “But he replied to him, ‘Sir,^[b] leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.^{(J) 9} Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

Healing a Daughter of Abraham

¹⁰ As he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,^{(K) 11} a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit^[c](L) for over eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.^{[d] 12} When Jesus saw her, he called out to her,^[e] “Woman, you are free of your disability.” ¹³ Then he laid his hands on her,^(M) and instantly she was restored^(N) and began to glorify God.^(O)

¹⁴ But the leader of the synagogue, indignant^(P) because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done;^(Q) therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

¹⁵ But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites!^(R) Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox^(S) or donkey from the feeding trough^(T) on the Sabbath and lead it to water?^{(U) 16} Satan^(V) has bound^(W) this woman, a daughter of Abraham,^(X) for eighteen years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage^[f] on the Sabbath day?”

¹⁷ When he had said these things, all his adversaries^(Y) were humiliated,^(Z) but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things he was doing.^(AA)

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and of the Leaven

¹⁸ He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like,^(AB) and what can I compare it to? ¹⁹ It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

²⁰ Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God^(AC) to? ²¹ It’s like leaven^[g](AD) that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds^[h] of flour until all of it was leavened.”

The Narrow Way

²² He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.^{(AE) 23} “Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved?” ^(AF)

He said to them, ²⁴ “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,^(AG) because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able ²⁵ once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.^(AH) Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’ ²⁶ Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from me,^(AI) all you evildoers!’ ²⁸ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth^(AJ) in that place,^(AK) when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,^(AL) but yourselves thrown out. ²⁹ They will come from east and west, from north and south, to share the banquet^[i] in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ Note this: Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”^(AM)

Jesus and Herod Antipas

³¹ At that time some Pharisees came and told him, “Go, get out of here. Herod^(AN) wants to kill you.”^(AO)

³² He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.’^{[j](AP) 33} Yet it is necessary that I^(AQ) travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet^(AR) to perish^(AS) outside of Jerusalem.

Jesus’s Lamentation over Jerusalem

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem,^(AT) who kills the prophets and stones^(AU) those who are sent to her.^(AV) How often I wanted to gather your children^(AW) together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,^(AX) but you were not willing!^{(AY) 35} See, your house is abandoned to you.^(AZ) I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when^[k] you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’!”^[l](BA)