Luke 13:9-28

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.