1 [13:1]AND some were present at that time, telling him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices. [13:2]And he answered and said to them, Do you think those Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? [13:3]I tell you, No; but unless you change your minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed. [13:4]Or those eighteen on whom the tower in the Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think they were sinners above all men that live at Jerusalem? [13:5]I tell you, No; but unless you change your minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed. 2 [13:6]And he spoke this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. [13:7]And he said to his vine dresser, Behold, I have come three years seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none; cut it down; why should it make the ground unproductive? [13:8] And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I dig about it, and put on manure; [13:9]and if it bears fruit, well; but if not, at a future time you shall cut it down. 3 [13:10]And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath, [13:11] and behold, there was a woman who had been subject to a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent down, and was not able to lift herself up at all. [13:12]And Jesus seeing her, called to her and said, Woman, you are released from your infirmity; [13:13]and he put his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. [13:14]And the synagogue ruler answered, being angry because Jesus had performed a cure on the sabbath, and said to the multitude, There are six days in which you ought to work; in them, therefore, come and be cured, and not on the sabbath. [13:15]Then the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him away to drink? [13:16]And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, eighteen years, to be released from this bond on the sabbath? [13:17]And when he had said these things all his enemies were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced on account of all the glorious works performed by him. 4 [13:18]And he said, What is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it? [13:19]It is like a mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches. [13:20]Again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? [13:21]It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.