Luke 13:8-26

⁸And he answering saith to him, Lord, let it alone this year also; till I shall dig about it, and dung it;

⁹and if it bear fruit hereafter, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

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

¹¹And lo! there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bent together, and wholly unable to lift herself up.

¹²And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art set free from thy infirmity.

¹³And he laid his hands on her; and immediately she stood upright, and gave glory to God.

¹⁴But the ruler of the synagogue answering, being filled with indignation because Jesus had performed a cure on the sabbath, said to the multitude, There are six days in which it is proper to work; on those therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbath-day.

¹⁵But the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrites, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away and water him?

¹⁶And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo! for eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

¹⁷And on his speaking thus, all his adversaries were ashamed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

¹⁸He said therefore, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?

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

²⁰And again he said, To what 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 he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying towards Jerusalem.

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

²⁴Strive to enter in through the narrow door; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

²⁵When once the master of the house shall have risen, and shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I know not whence ye are;

²⁶then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets.