¹Now there were some present at the same time who reported to Him concerning the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

And He answered and said to them, Do you think that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered these things?

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were debtors beyond all the men dwelling in Jerusalem?

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you shall all similarly perish.

 ¹And He told  ²this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it and did not find any.

And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I have not found any. Cut it down therefore. Why does it also  ¹make the ground useless?

But he answered and said to him, Master, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and throw on manure.

And if it produces fruit in the future, good; otherwise, cut it down.

And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

And behold, there was a woman who had a  ¹spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was  ²bent double and could not stand erect at all.

And Jesus, seeing her, called her to Him and said to her, Woman, you are released from your infirmity.

And He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was made erect and began to glorify God.

But the ruler of the synagogue, being  ¹indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd, There are six days in which man should work; therefore, come on them and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

But the Lord answered him and said,  ¹Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away and water it?

And this woman, being a  ¹daughter of Abraham whom  ²Satan has bound, behold, for eighteen years, should she not have been released from this bond on the  ³Sabbath day?

And when He said these things, all those opposing Him were put to shame, and all the crowd rejoiced over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

 ¹He said therefore, What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I liken it?

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of heaven roosted in its branches.

And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

And He journeyed throughout the cities and villages, teaching and making His way toward Jerusalem.

And someone said to Him, Lord, are there only a few who are being saved?

And He said to them, Struggle to enter through the  ¹narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter, yet will not be  ²able.

Once the Master of the house has risen and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, Lord, open to us, then He will answer and say to you, I do not know you, nor where you are from.

Then you will begin to say, We ate in Your presence and drank, and You taught in our streets.

And He will say, I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Go away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness.

There will be  ¹weeping and gnashing of teeth there when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the  ²kingdom of God, but you being cast outside.

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

And behold, there are some  ¹last who will be first, and there are some  ²first who will be last.

In the same hour some Pharisees came up, saying to Him, Get out and go from here, for Herod wants to  ¹kill you.

And He said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish healings  ¹today and tomorrow, and on the third day I  ²am perfected.

However, I  ¹must journey today and tomorrow and on the following day because it is not acceptable for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who  ¹kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I desired to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you would not!

Behold, your  ¹house is left to you. And I say to you, You shall by no means see Me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

And as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were  ¹watching Him closely.

And behold, there was before Him a certain man suffering from  ¹dropsy.

And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?

But they were quiet. And He took hold of him and healed him and sent him away.

And He said to them, Which of you having a  ¹donkey or an ox that falls into a well will not immediately pull it out on the Sabbath day?

And they were not able to reply to these things.

And He told a parable to those who had been invited, when He noticed how they were choosing the places of honor, saying to them,

When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, lest someone more honorable than you may have been invited by him,

And he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give this one that place; and then you begin with shame to occupy the last place.

But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher. Then you will have glory before all those reclining with you.

For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

And He said also to the one who had invited Him, When you make a morning meal or a dinner, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and it become a repayment to you.

But when you give a reception, invite the  ¹poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

And you will be blessed, because they do not have anything with which to repay you; for it will be repaid to you in the  ¹resurrection of the righteous.

And one of those reclining at table with Him, hearing these things, said to Him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And He said to him, A certain man was making a  ¹great dinner and invited many;

And he sent his slave at the dinner hour to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

And they all with one consent began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you, have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to prove them. I ask you, have me excused.

And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.

And the slave came up and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his slave, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.

And the slave said, Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.

And the master said to the slave, Go out into the roads and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.

And there were great crowds going along with Him, and He turned and said to them,

 ¹If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and moreover, even his own soul-life, he cannot be My disciple.

Whoever does not carry his own  ¹cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has  ¹enough to complete it?

Lest perhaps, once he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all those looking on will begin to mock him,

Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.

Or what king, going to engage another king in war, will not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Otherwise, while he is yet at a distance, he sends an envoy and asks for the terms of peace.

In the same way therefore everyone of you who does not forsake all his own possessions cannot be My disciple.

 ¹Therefore  ²salt is good; but if even the salt becomes tasteless, with what will its saltiness be restored?

It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile; they will throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.