I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
6 He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his
vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 So he said to
the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking
fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the
ground?' 8 And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I
dig around it and fertilize it. 9 And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if
not, you can cut it down.'"
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the
Sabbath. 11 And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for
eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12
When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you
are freed from your infirmity." 13 And he laid his hands on her, and
immediately she was made straight, and praised God. 14 But the ruler of
the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said
to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come
on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." 15 Then the
Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the
Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to
water it? 16 Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom
Satan has bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from
this bond?" 17 When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame;
and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by
him.
18 Then he said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to
what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took
and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of
the air nested in its branches."
20 And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of
God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures
of flour till it was all leavened."
22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and
journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then one said to him, "Lord, will those
who are saved be few?" And he said to them, 24 "Strive to enter through
the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be
able. 25 When once the owner of the house has risen up and shut the
door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying,
'Lord, open for us.' He will answer you, 'I do not know where you come
from.' 26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence,
and you taught in our streets.' 27 But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not
know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of
iniquity!'28 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,
and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And men will come from east and west,
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