Luke 13:1-21 ▼

1 There were present at the same time, some that told Him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye think that these were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

3 I tell you, No: but, unless ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, do ye think that they were sinners above all the inhabitants in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, No: but, unless ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

6 And He spake this parable, A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, but found none.

7 And he said to the vine-dresser, behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down, why should it cumber the ground?

8 And he said to him, Sir, let it alone this year also, till I dig about it, and lay dung to it:

9 then perhaps it may bear fruit; if not, afterwards cut it down.

10 And when He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath- day,

11 there was a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and utterly unable to lift herself upright.

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

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

14 But the ruler of the synagogue, being provoked that Jesus had wrought a cure on the sabbath-day, said to the people, There are six days in which ye ought to work; on these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.

15 The Lord therefore answered him and said, Thou hypocrite, does not any of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?

16 And might not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

17 Upon his saying this, all his adversaries were ashamed: but the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

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

19 It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in it's boughs.

20 And again He said, To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

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