Luke 13:1 - Prayer Tents

Repent or Perish

13Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.G1161G3918G1722G846G2540G5100G518G846G4012G1057G3739G129G4091G3396G3326G846G23782Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?G2532G2424G611G2036G846G1380G3754G3778G1057G1096G268G3844G3956G1057G3754G3958G51083I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.G3004G5213G3780G235G3362G3340G622G3956G5615G6224Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?G2228G1565G1176G2532G3638G1909G3739G4444G1722G4611G4098G2532G615G846G1380G3754G3778G1096G3781G3844G3956G444G2730G1722G24195I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."G3004G5213G3780G235G3362G3340G622G3956G3668G6226Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.G3004G1161G5026G3850G5100G2192G4808G5452G1722G846G290G2532G2064G2212G2590G1722G846G2532G2147G37567So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'G1161G2036G4314G289G2400G5140G2094G2064G2212G2590G1722G5026G4808G2532G2147G3756G1581G846G1581G2444G2532G2673G846G10938"'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it.G1161G611G3004G846G2962G863G846G863G5124G2094G2532G2193G3755G4626G4012G846G2532G906G28749If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.'"G2579G3303G4160G2590G1490G1519G3195G1581G846G1581

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

10On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,G1161G2258G1321G1722G3391G4864G1722G452111and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.G2532G2400G2258G1135G2192G4151G769G1176G2532G3638G2094G2532G2258G4794G2532G1410G1519G3361G3838G35212When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."G1161G2424G1492G846G4377G2532G2036G846G1135G630G4675G76913Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.G2532G2007G5495G2007G846G2532G3916G461G2532G1392G231614Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."G1161G752G611G23G3754G2424G2323G4521G3004G3793G1526G1803G2250G1722G3739G1163G2038G1722G5025G3767G2064G2323G2532G3361G4521G225015The Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?G2962G3767G611G846G2532G2036G5273G3089G3756G1538G5216G4521G3089G846G1016G2228G3688G575G5336G2532G520G422216Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?"G1161G1163G3756G5026G5607G2364G11G3739G4567G1210G2400G1176G2532G3638G2094G3089G575G5127G1199G4521G225017When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.G2532G846G3004G5023G3956G846G480G2617G2532G3956G3793G5463G1909G3956G1741G1096G5259G846

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

18Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?G1161G3004G5101G2076G932G2316G3664G2532G5101G3666G84619It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches."G2076G3664G2848G4615G3739G444G2983G906G1519G1438G2779G2532G837G2532G1096G1519G3173G1186G2532G4071G3772G2681G1722G2798G84620Again he asked, "What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?G2532G3825G2036G5101G3666G932G231621It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."G2076G3664G2219G3739G1135G2983G1470G1519G5140G4568G224G2193G3739G3650G2220

The Narrow Door

22Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.G2532G1279G2596G4172G2532G2968G1321G2532G4160G4197G1519G241923Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He said to them,G1161G2036G5100G4314G846G2962G1487G3641G4982G1161G2036G84624"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.G75G1525G1223G4728G4439G3754G4183G3004G5213G2212G1525G2532G2480G3756G248025Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.' "But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'G575G3739G302G3617G1453G2532G608G2374G2532G756G2476G1854G2532G2925G2374G3004G2962G2962G455G2254G2532G611G2046G5213G1492G5209G3756G4159G207526"Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'G5119G756G3004G5315G2532G4095G4675G1799G2532G1321G1722G2257G411327"But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'G2532G2046G3004G5213G1492G5209G3756G4159G2075G868G575G1700G3956G2040G9328"There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.G1563G2071G2805G2532G1030G3599G3752G3700G11G2532G2464G2532G2384G2532G3956G4396G1722G932G2316G1161G5209G1544G185429People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.G2532G2240G575G395G2532G1424G2532G575G1005G2532G3558G2532G347G1722G932G231630Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last."G2532G2400G1526G2078G3739G2071G4413G2532G1526G4413G3739G2071G2078

Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem

31At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you."G1722G846G2250G4334G5100G5330G3004G846G1831G2532G4198G1782G3754G2264G2309G615G457132He replied, "Go tell that fox, 'I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.'G2532G2036G846G4198G2036G5026G258G2400G1544G1140G2532G2005G2392G4594G2532G839G2532G5154G504833In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!G4133G3165G1163G4198G4594G2532G839G2532G2192G3754G3756G1735G4396G622G1854G241934"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!G2419G2419G3588G615G4396G2532G3036G649G4314G846G4212G2309G1996G4675G5043G1996G3739G5158G3733G1438G3555G5259G4420G2532G2309G375635Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"G2400G5216G3624G863G5213G2048G1161G281G3004G5213G3754G1492G3364G1492G3165G2193G302G2240G3753G2036G2127G2064G1722G3686G2962