No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish as well!

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

Now at the same time some had come to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered [and] said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come [and] be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!"

But the Lord answered and said to him, "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or [his] donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead [it] away to water [it]?

And he was going throughout towns and villages, teaching and making [his] journey toward Jerusalem.

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

At [that] same hour some Pharisees came up [and] said to him, "Go out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

And [when] he said these [things], all those who opposed him were humiliated, and the whole crowd was rejoicing at all the splendid things that were being done by him.

It is like yeast that a woman took [and] hid in three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

when once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock [on] the door, saying, 'Lord, open [the door] for us!' And he will answer [and] say to you, 'I do not know where you are from!'

It is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."

And he will reply, saying to you, 'I do not know where you are from! Go away from me, all [you] {evildoers}!'

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets!'

And behold, [some] are last who will be first, and [some] are first who will be last."

Nevertheless, it is necessary [for] me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next [day], because it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown outside!

Behold, your house has been left to you! And I tell you, you will never see me until [the time] will come when you say, 'Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Therefore he said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them--do you think that they were sinners worse than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

And he answered [and] said to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were sinners worse than all the Galileans, because they suffered these [things]?

And he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find [any].

And he said to them, "Go [and] tell that fox, 'Behold, I am expelling demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third [day] I will complete [my work].'

And behold, a woman [was there] who had a spirit {that had disabled her} [for] eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely.

No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!"

And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound {eighteen} long years--is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?"

And someone said to him, "Lord, {are there only} a few who are saved?" And he said to them,

So he said to the gardener, 'Behold, {for three years} I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find [any]. Cut it down! Why should it even exhaust the soil?'

But he answered [and] said to him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on [it].

And he placed [his] hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and glorified God.

And [when he] saw her, Jesus summoned [her] and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability!"

And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.'"