Luke 13:18-34

¹⁸He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?

¹⁹It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.

²⁰And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?

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

²²And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem.

²³And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them:

²⁴Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.

²⁵But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.

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

²⁷And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

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

²⁹And there shall come from the east and the west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

³⁰And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that shall be last.

³¹The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.

³²And he said to them: Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am consummated.

³³Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow, and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem.

³⁴Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?