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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Luke 13</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//luke/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/luke/">Luke</a> > Luke 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/12.htm" title="Luke 12">&#9668;</a> Luke 13 <a href="../luke/14.htm" title="Luke 14">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/luke/13.htm">NIV</a> &#8226; <a href="/nlt/luke/13.htm">NLT</a> &#8226; <a href="/esv/luke/13.htm">ESV</a> &#8226; <a href="/kjv/luke/13.htm">KJV</a> &#8226; <a href="/nkjv/luke/13.htm">NKJ</a> &#8226; <a href="/nasb/luke/13.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/luke/13.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters&nbsp;&#9662;&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Call to Repentance<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../joel/1.htm#13">Joel&nbsp;1:13&#8211;20</a>; <a href ="../amos/5.htm#4">Amos&nbsp;5:4&#8211;15</a>; <a href ="../zephaniah/2.htm">Zephaniah&nbsp;2:1&#8211;3</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>To this He replied, <span class="red">&#8220;Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate? <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.&#8221;</span> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah&nbsp;5:1&#8211;7</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Jesus told this parable: <span class="red">&#8220;A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, &#8216;Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven&#8217;t found any. Therefore cut it down!<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> Why should it use up the soil?&#8217;</span> <A name="9"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>&#8216;Sir,&#8217; the man replied, &#8216;leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.&#8217;<span class="thinq">&#8239;</span>&#8221; <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, <span class="red">&#8220;Woman, you are set free from your disability.&#8221;</span> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. &#8220;There are six days for work,&#8221; he told the crowd. &#8220;So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.&#8221; <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>&#8220;You hypocrites!&#8221;</span> the Lord replied, <span class="red">&#8220;Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?&#8221;</span> <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing. <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Mustard Seed<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/13.htm#31">Matthew&nbsp;13:31&#8211;32</a>; <a href ="../mark/4.htm#30">Mark&nbsp;4:30&#8211;34</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jesus asked, <span class="red">&#8220;What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.&#8221;</span> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Leaven<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/13.htm#33">Matthew&nbsp;13:33</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Again He asked, <span class="red">&#8220;To what can I compare the kingdom of God? <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.&#8221;</span> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">The Narrow Door<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/7.htm#13">Matthew&nbsp;7:13&#8211;14</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>&#8220;Lord,&#8221; someone asked Him, &#8220;will only a few people be saved?&#8221; <p class="reg"> Jesus answered, <A name="25"></a><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>&#8220;Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, &#8216;Lord, open the door for us.&#8217;</span> <p class="red"> But he will reply, &#8216;I do not know where you are from.&#8217; <A name="27"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then you will say, &#8216;We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.&#8217; <A name="28"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he will answer, &#8216;I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.&#8217; <A name="29"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.&#8221; <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">Lament over Jerusalem<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/23.htm#37">Matthew&nbsp;23:37&#8211;39</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, &#8220;Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.&#8221; <A name="33"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But Jesus replied, <span class="red">&#8220;Go tell that fox, &#8216;Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.&#8217; <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.</span> <A name="35"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, &#8216;Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.&#8217;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span>&#8221;</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> SBL, NE, WH <i>Cut it down!</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><span class="fnverse">35</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <a href="../psalms/118.htm#26">Psalm 118:26</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> &copy; 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. 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