LUKE 13:9-28

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

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

¹¹And behold, a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.

¹²And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

¹³And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

¹⁴And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.

¹⁵But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

¹⁶And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

¹⁷And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

¹⁸He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?

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

²⁰And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

²¹It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

²²And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem.

²³And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that be saved? And he said unto them,

²⁴Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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

²⁶then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

²⁷and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

²⁸There shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.