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          DASV: Luke 13    

1 Now there were some present on that occasion who told him
about the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their
sacrifices.
2 Jesus responded, "Do you think that these Galileans were
sinners more than all the other Galileans, because they have
suffered these things?
3 I tell you, no, but, except you repent, you will all perish
like they did.
4 Or what about those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam
fell, and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders
than all those who were living in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, no, but, except you repent, you will all perish like
they did."

6 Then he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree
planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it,
and found none.
7 He told the gardener, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking
fruit from this fig tree, and have found none. Cut it down.
Why should it use up the ground?'
8 But the gardener replied, 'Lord, let it alone this year also,
until I dig around it, and fertilize it,
9 then if it bears fruit next year, great; but if not, you can
cut it down.'"

10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath
day.
11 There was a woman who had a spirit that had crippled her for
eighteen years. She was bent over and unable straighten up.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman,
you are loosed from your disability."
13 Then he laid his hands on her and immediately she was straightened
up, and praised God.
14 But the ruler of the synagogue, moved with rage because
Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six
days in which people ought to work. Come on those days to be
healed, but not on the Sabbath day."
15 But the Lord replied, "You hypocrites, does not each one of
you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall,
and lead him out to get water?
16 Should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan
has bound these eighteen years, have been set free from this
bondage on the Sabbath day?"
17 When he said these things, all his adversaries were put to
shame, but the whole crowd rejoiced at all the wonderful things
he did.

18 Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to
what shall I compare it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a person took,
and planted in his garden; and it grew, and became a tree;
and the birds of the heaven nested in its branches."
20 Again he said, "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like yeast, which a woman took and mixed in three
measures of flour, until it was all leavened."

22 Then he went on his way through towns and villages,
teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?"
He replied,
24 "Try hard to enter in by the narrow door; for many,
I tell you, will try to enter, but will not be able.
25 Once the master of the house gets up, and shuts the
door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the
door, saying, 'Lord, open up for us;' but he will reply
to you, 'I do not know where you come from.'
26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your
presence, and you taught in our streets.'
27 Then he will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where
you come from; get away from me, all you evildoers.'
28 There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth,
when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves
will be thrown out.
29 They will come from the east and west, and from the
north and south, and will sit at the banquet in the
kingdom of God.
30 But truly, some who are last will be first, and those
who are first will be last."

31 At that hour there came certain Pharisees, warning him,
"Get out of here, for Herod Antipas wants to kill you."
32 Then he said to them, "Go tell that fox, I am casting
out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow,
and the third day I will finish.
33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today, tomorrow and
the next day, for it is impossible for a prophet to
be killed outside of Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets,
and stones those who are sent to you! How often I would
have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers
her chicks under her wings, but you would not!
35 Look, your house is abandoned, and I say to you,
you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

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