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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Luke 13 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/luke/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Repent or Die</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>At that time, some people who were there told Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:1 Lit. him">a</a></span> about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:1 i.e. whom Pilate had executed while they were sacrificing animals">b</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He asked them, <span class="red">“Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered like this? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Absolutely not, I tell you! But if you don’t repent, then you, too, will all die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were worse offenders than all the other people living in Jerusalem? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Absolutely not, I tell you! But if you don’t repent, then you, too, will all die.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Parable about an Unfruitful 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<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:6 Lit. he">c</a></span> told them this parable: <span class="red">“A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn’t find any. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So he told the gardener, ‘Look here! For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But the gardener<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:8 Lit. he">d</a></span> replied, ‘Sir, leave it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Maybe next year it will bear fruit. If not, then cut it down.’”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Heals a Woman on the Sabbath</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:10 Lit. He">e</a></span> was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>A woman was there who had a spirit that had disabled her for eighteen years. She was hunched over and completely 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 to her and said, <span class="red">“Woman, you are free from your illness.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, “There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Lord replied to him, <span class="red">“You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey and lead it out of its stall to give it some water? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Shouldn’t this woman, a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Even as he was saying this, all of his opponents were blushing with shame. But the rest of the crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.</p> <p class="heading">The Parables about a Mustard Seed and Yeast</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/13.htm">Matthew 13:31-33</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/4.htm">Mark 4:30-32</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:18 Lit. he">f</a></span> went on to say, <span class="red">“What is the kingdom of God like? What can I compare it to? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>It is like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Again he said, <span class="red">“To what can I compare the kingdom of God? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It’s like yeast that a woman took and mixed with<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:21 Lit. hid in">g</a></span> three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Narrow Door</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/7.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a>, 21-23)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:22 Lit. he">h</a></span> taught in one town and village after another as he made his way to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Someone asked him, “Lord,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:23 Or Sir">i</a></span> are only a few people going to be saved?”</p> <p class="reg">He told them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won’t be able to do so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:25 Lit. begin to stand">j</a></span> outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then you will say,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:26 Lit. begin to say">k</a></span> ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But he will tell you, ‘I don’t know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who practice evil!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In that place there will be crying and gnashing of teeth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:28 i.e. extreme pain">l</a></span> when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Rebukes Jerusalem</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/23.htm">Matthew 23:37-39</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:31 Lit. him">m</a></span> “Leave and get away from here, because Herod 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>He told them, <span class="red">“Go and tell that fox, ‘Listen! I am driving out demons and healing today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will finish my work. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it’s not possible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Look! Your house is left vacant to you. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:35 Cf. Ps 118:26; MT source citation reads LORD">n</a></span> </span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 13:1 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 13:1 i.e. whom Pilate had executed while they were sacrificing animals<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 13:6 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 13:8 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 13:10 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 13:18 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 13:21 Lit. <i>hid in</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 13:22 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 13:23 Or <i>Sir</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 13:25 Lit. <i>begin to stand</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 13:26 Lit. <i>begin to say</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 13:28 i.e. extreme pain<br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 13:31 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 13:35 Cf. 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