Luke 13:18-35 ▼

18 Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or whereto shall I compare it?

19 It is like a grayne of mustarde seede, whiche a man toke & sowed in his garden: and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the ayre made nestes in the braunches of it.

20 And agayne he sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the kyngdome of God?

21 It is lyke leuen, which a woman toke, and hyd in three peckes of meale, tyll all was leuened.

22 And he went through all cities and townes, teachyng, and iourneying towardes Hierusalem.

23 Then sayde one vnto hym: Lorde, are there fewe that be saued? And he sayde vnto them:

24 Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate: for many I say vnto you, wyll seke to enter in, and shall not be able.

25 When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begyn to stande without, & to knocke at the doore, saying, Lorde, Lorde, open vnto vs: and he shall aunswere, and say vnto you, I knowe you not whence ye are.

26 Then shall ye begyn to say: We haue eaten and dronken in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streates.

27 And he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not, whence ye are: depart from me all ye that worke iniquitie.

28 There shalbe weepyng & gnasshyng of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the prophetes, in the kyngdome of God, and ye your selues thrust out.

29 And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall syt downe in the kyngdome of God.

30 And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first: And there are first, which shalbe last.

31 The same day, came there certaine of the pharisees, and sayde vnto hym: Get thee out, and depart hence, for Herode wyll kyll thee.

32 And he sayde vnto them: Go ye, and tell that foxe, beholde, I cast out deuyls, & heale the people to day & to morowe, and the thirde day I shalbe perfected.

33 Neuerthelesse, I must walke to day and to morowe, and the day folowyng: For it can not be, that a prophete perishe any other where, saue at Hierusalem.

34 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which kyllest prophetes, and stonest them that are sent vnto thee, howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together, as a henne doth gather her young vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not?

35 Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate. Ueryly I say to you, ye shall not see me, vntyll the tyme come that ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde.