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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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/luke/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">A Call to Repentance</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?”</span> Jesus asked. <span class="red">“Is that why they suffered?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.”</span></p><p class="hdg">Parable of the Barren Fig Tree</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Jesus told this story: <span class="red">“A man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again and again to see if there was any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">Finally, he said to his gardener, ‘I’ve waited three years, and there hasn’t been a single fig! Cut it down. It’s just taking up space in the garden.’</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">“The gardener answered, ‘Sir, give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I’ll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">If we get figs next year, fine. If not, then you can cut it down.’”</span></p><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals on the Sabbath</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, <span class="red">“Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God!</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week for working,” he said to the crowd. “Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But the Lord replied, <span class="red">“You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.</p><p class="hdg">Parable of the Mustard Seed</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jesus said, <span class="red">“What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in a garden; it grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make nests in its branches.”</span></p><p class="hdg">Parable of the Yeast</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He also asked, <span class="red">“What else is the Kingdom of God like?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”</span></p><p class="hdg">The Narrow Door</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”</p><p class="reg">He replied, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="red">And note this: Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>”</span></p><p class="hdg">Jesus Grieves over Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>At that time some Pharisees said to him, “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="red">Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn’t do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">And now, look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the </span><span class="red"><span class="sc">Lord</span></span><span class="red">!’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">13:30 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">13:35 </span><span class="ft">Ps 118:26.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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