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Themes in Luke 13
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Themes in Luke 13

Luke 13:1

At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Luke 13:2

And He responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they suffered these things?

Luke 13:3

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

Luke 13:4

Or those 18 that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed—do you think they were more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

Luke 13:5

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

Luke 13:6

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

Luke 13:7

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

Luke 13:8

“But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

Luke 13:9

Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

Luke 13:10

As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

Luke 13:11

a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

Luke 13:12

When Jesus saw her, He called out to her, “Woman, you are free of your disability.”

Luke 13:13

Then He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.

Luke 13:14

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

Luke 13:15

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

Luke 13:16

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 13:17

When He had said these things, all His adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things He was doing.

Luke 13:18

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?

Luke 13:19

It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

Luke 13:20

Again He said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

Luke 13:21

It’s like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through the entire mixture.”

Luke 13:22

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.

Luke 13:23

“Lord,” someone asked Him, “are there few being saved?”

He said to them,

Luke 13:24

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

Luke 13:25

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

Luke 13:26

Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets!’

Luke 13:27

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

Luke 13:28

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

Luke 13:29

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

Luke 13:30

Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Luke 13:31

At that time some Pharisees came and told Him, “Go, get out of here! Herod wants to kill You!”

Luke 13:32

He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look! I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete My work.’

Luke 13:33

Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

Luke 13:34

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Luke 13:35

See, your house is abandoned to you. And I tell you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”
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