Luke 13-14

Luke 13

¹Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

²And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?

³I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

⁴Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?

⁵I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

⁶And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

⁷And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

⁸And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:

⁹And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

¹⁰And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.

¹¹And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

¹²And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.

¹³And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.

¹⁴And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

¹⁵But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

¹⁶And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

¹⁷And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

¹⁸Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

¹⁹It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

²⁰And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

²¹It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

²²And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.

²³And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,

²⁴Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

²⁵When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

²⁶Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.

²⁷But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

²⁸There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

²⁹And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.

³⁰And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

³¹At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.

³²And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

³³But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

³⁴O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

³⁵Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

Luke 14

¹And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

²And a certain man was there who had a disease.

³And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

⁴But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.

⁵And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

⁶And they had no answer to that question.

⁷And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

⁸When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

⁹And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

¹⁰But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

¹¹For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

¹²And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

¹³But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

¹⁴And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

¹⁵And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

¹⁶And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

¹⁷And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

¹⁸And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

¹⁹And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

²⁰And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

²¹And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

²²And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

²³And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

²⁴For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.

²⁵Now a great number of people went with him.

²⁶And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

²⁷Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

²⁸For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

²⁹For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,

³⁰And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

³¹Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

³²Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

³³And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

³⁴For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

³⁵It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.