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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="../topmenuchap/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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">◄</a> Luke 13 <a href="../luke/14.htm" title="Luke 14">►</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 class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Turn from Your Sins or Die</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_1"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.1" class="v42_13_1">1</span>At that time some people were there who told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices to God. </span><span class="v42_13_2"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.2" class="v42_13_2">2</span>Jesus answered them, “Because those Galileans were killed in that way, do you think it proves that they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? </span><span class="v42_13_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.3" class="v42_13_3">3</span>No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did. </span><span class="v42_13_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.4" class="v42_13_4">4</span>What about those eighteen people in Siloam who were killed when the tower fell on them? Do you suppose this proves that they were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem? </span><span class="v42_13_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.5" class="v42_13_5">5</span>No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.6" class="v42_13_6">6</span>Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a man who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He went looking for figs on it but found none. </span><span class="v42_13_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.7" class="v42_13_7">7</span>So he said to his gardener, ‘Look, for three years I have been coming here looking for figs on this fig tree, and I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it go on using up the soil?’ </span><span class="v42_13_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.8" class="v42_13_8">8</span>But the gardener answered, ‘Leave it alone, sir, just one more year; I will dig around it and put in some fertilizer. </span><span class="v42_13_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.9" class="v42_13_9">9</span>Then if the tree bears figs next year, so much the better; if not, then you can have it cut down.’”</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.10" class="v42_13_10">10</span>One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in a synagogue. </span><span class="v42_13_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.11" class="v42_13_11">11</span>A woman there had an evil spirit that had kept her sick for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all. </span><span class="v42_13_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.12" class="v42_13_12">12</span>When Jesus saw her, he called out to her, “Woman, you are free from your sickness!” </span><span class="v42_13_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.13" class="v42_13_13">13</span>He placed his hands on her, and at once she straightened herself up and praised God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.14" class="v42_13_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.13.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, so he spoke up and said to the people, “There are six days in which we should work; so come during those days and be healed, but not on the Sabbath!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.15" class="v42_13_15">15</span>The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Any one of you would untie your ox or your donkey from the stall and take it out to give it water on the Sabbath. </span><span class="v42_13_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.16" class="v42_13_16">16</span>Now here is this descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept in bonds for eighteen years; should she not be released on the Sabbath?” </span><span class="v42_13_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.17" class="v42_13_17">17</span>His answer made his enemies ashamed of themselves, while the people rejoiced over all the wonderful things that he did.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Parable of the Mustard Seed</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 13:31">Matthew 13.31</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 13:32">32</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 4:30-32">Mark 4.30-32</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.18" class="v42_13_18">18</span>Jesus asked, “What is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? </span><span class="v42_13_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.19" class="v42_13_19">19</span>It is like this. A man takes a mustard seed and plants it in his field. The plant grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make their nests in its branches.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Parable of the Yeast</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 13:33">Matthew 13.33</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.20" class="v42_13_20">20</span>Again Jesus asked, “What shall I compare the Kingdom of God with? </span><span class="v42_13_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.21" class="v42_13_21">21</span>It is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with a bushel of flour until the whole batch of dough rises.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Narrow Door</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 7:13">Matthew 7.13</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 7:14">14</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 7:21-23">21-23</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.22" class="v42_13_22">22</span>Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching the people and making his way toward Jerusalem. </span><span class="v42_13_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.23" class="v42_13_23">23</span>Someone asked him, “Sir, will just a few people be saved?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_23">Jesus answered them, </span><span class="v42_13_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.24" class="v42_13_24">24</span>“Do your best to go in through the narrow door; because many people will surely try to go in but will not be able. </span><span class="v42_13_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.25" class="v42_13_25">25</span>The master of the house will get up and close the door; then when you stand outside and begin to knock on the door and say, ‘Open the door for us, sir!’ he will answer you, ‘I don't know where you come from!’ </span><span class="v42_13_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.26" class="v42_13_26">26</span>Then you will answer, ‘We ate and drank with you; you taught in our town!’ </span><span class="v42_13_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.27" class="v42_13_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.13.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But he will say again, ‘I don't know where you come from. Get away from me, all you wicked people!’ </span><span class="v42_13_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.28" class="v42_13_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.13.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> <a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.13.28!x.2" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> How you will cry and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out! </span><span class="v42_13_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.29" class="v42_13_29">29</span>People will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God. </span><span class="v42_13_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.30" class="v42_13_30">30</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.13.30!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then those who are now last will be first, and those who are now first will be last.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus' Love for Jerusalem</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 23:37-39">Matthew 23.37-39</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.31" class="v42_13_31">31</span>At that same time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “You must get out of here and go somewhere else, because Herod wants to kill you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_32"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.32" class="v42_13_32">32</span>Jesus answered them, “Go and tell that fox: ‘I am driving out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I shall finish my work.’ </span><span class="v42_13_33"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.33" class="v42_13_33">33</span>Yet I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day; it is not right for a prophet to be killed anywhere except in Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_13_34"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.34" class="v42_13_34">34</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.13.34!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, you stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me! </span><span class="v42_13_35"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.13.35" class="v42_13_35">35</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.13.35!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And so your Temple will be abandoned. I assure you that you will not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord.’”</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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