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若不悔改都要滅亡

13 就在那時候,有幾個在那裡的人,把加利利人的事告訴耶穌,就是彼拉多把他們的血和他們的祭物攙在一起的事。 他回答:“你們以為這些加利利人比其他的加利利人更有罪,才這樣受害嗎? 不是的,我告訴你們,你們若不悔改,都要這樣滅亡。 你們以為從前西羅亞樓倒塌的時候,壓死的那十八個人,比一切在耶路撒冷的居民更有罪嗎? 不是的,我告訴你們,你們若不悔改,也都要這樣滅亡。”

不結果的無花果樹

耶穌講了這樣一個比喻:“有一個人把一棵無花果樹栽在自己的葡萄園裡。他來到樹那裡找果子,卻找不到。 他對管園的說:‘你看,這三年,我來到這棵無花果樹那裡找果子,卻找不到,把它砍了吧!何必白佔地土呢?’ 管園的說:‘主人,今年且留著它,等我把周圍的泥土挖鬆,加上肥料; 以後結果子就罷,不然,再把它砍了。’”

在安息日治好病人

10 安息日的時候,耶穌在會堂裡教導人。 11 有一個女人被邪靈附著,病了十八年,彎腰曲背,完全直不起來。 12 耶穌看見了,就叫她過來,對她說:“婦人,你脫離這疾病了。” 13 耶穌用雙手按在她身上,她立刻直起腰來,頌讚 神。 14 會堂的主管,因為耶穌在安息日治病,就氣忿忿地對群眾說:“有六天是應當作工的,你們可以在這六天裡來求醫,但在安息日卻不可以。” 15 主說:“偽君子啊,你們哪一個人在安息日,不從槽那裡解開牛、驢,牽去喝水呢? 16 何況這個女人是亞伯拉罕的後裔,已經被撒但捆綁了十八年,不應當在安息日解開她的捆綁嗎?” 17 他說完了這些話,那些與他為敵的人都慚愧;群眾卻都因他所行一切榮耀的事歡喜。

芥菜種和麵酵的比喻(A)

18 耶穌說:“ 神的國好像甚麼呢?我要把它比作甚麼呢? 19 它好像一粒芥菜種,人拿去種在自己的園子裡。它長大了,成為一棵樹,甚至天空的飛鳥也在它的枝頭搭窩。” 20 他又說:“我要把 神的國比作甚麼呢? 21 它好像麵酵,女人拿去放在三斗麵裡,直到全團發起來。”

當進窄門(B)

22 耶穌經過各城各鄉,往耶路撒冷去,沿途教導人。 23 有一個人問他:“主啊,是不是只有很少的人得救呢?”他對眾人說: 24 “你們應當竭力進窄門!我告訴你們,將來許多人要進去,卻是不能。 25 等到家主起來關上門,你們站在門外叩門說:‘主啊,給我們開門!’他要回答你們:‘我不知道你們是從哪裡來的。’ 26 那時,你們要說:‘我們在你面前吃過喝過,你也在我們街上教導過人。’ 27 他要說:‘我告訴你們,我不曉得你們是從哪裡來的;你們所有作惡的人,離開我去吧!’ 28 當你們看見亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和眾先知都在 神的國裡的時候,你們卻被趕到外面去,在那裡必要哀哭切齒。 29 從東從南,從西從北,將有人來,在 神的國裡吃飯。 30 在後的將要在前,在前的將要在後。”

為耶路撒冷歎息(C)

31 就在那時候,有幾個法利賽人來對耶穌說:“你離開這裡走吧!因為希律想要殺你。” 32 他說:“你們去告訴那個狐狸,今天明天我趕鬼醫病,第三天我的事就完成了。 33 然而,今天明天後天,我必須前行,因為先知不能在耶路撒冷以外喪命。 34 耶路撒冷啊,耶路撒冷,你殺害先知,又用石頭把奉派到你那裡的人打死。我多次想招聚你的兒女,好像母雞招聚小雞到翅膀底下,只是你們不願意。 35 你看,你們的家必成為荒場留給你們。我告訴你們,從今以後,你們一定見不到我,直等到你們說:‘奉主名來的,是應當稱頌的。’”

La porta per il cielo è stretta!

13 In quello stesso periodo vennero a riferire a Gesù che Pilato aveva fatto massacrare dei Giudei della Galilea, mentre stavano facendo sacrifici nel tempio di Gerusalemme.

«Pensate, forse, che quelli fossero più peccatori degli altri uomini della Galilea?» disse loro Gesù. «E per questo motivo abbiano dovuto soffrire in quel modo? Niente affatto! Ma non capite che anche voi perirete, se non abbandonate le vie malvagie e non vi convertite a Dio?

E che dite di quei diciotto uomini che morirono, schiacciati sotto la torre di Siloe? Erano forse loro i peggiori peccatori di Gerusalemme? Niente affatto! E anche voi, se non vi pentite, perirete!»

Poi raccontò questa parabola: «Un uomo, aveva piantato un albero di fico nel suo giardino e andava spesso a vedere se cʼerano dei frutti fra i rami, ma rimaneva sempre deluso. Finalmente ordinò al suo giardiniere di abbatterlo. “Ho aspettato tre anni, e non mi ha fatto un solo fico!” disse il padrone, “perché devo preoccuparmi ancora? Quellʼalbero occupa il posto che potremmo usare per unʼaltra pianta!” Ma il giardiniere rispose: “Signore, dagli unʼaltra possibilità. Lascialo ancora un altrʼanno! Voglio zappare per bene la terra intorno e dargli del concime in abbondanza! Se avremo dei fichi il prossimo anno, bene, altrimenti, lo farai tagliare!”»

10 Un sabato, Gesù stava insegnando in una sinagoga, 11 quando vide una donna paralitica che da diciotto anni stava piegata in due e non riusciva a raddrizzarsi.

12 Gesù la chiamò e le disse: «Donna, sei guarita dalla tua malattia!» 13 La toccò e, immediatamente, ella poté raddrizzarsi. Immaginate quanto lodò e ringraziò Dio quella poveretta!

14 Ma il capo della sinagoga rimase scandalizzato, perché Gesù aveva guarito la donna di sabato. Perciò si rivolse alla folla e gridò: «Ci sono sei giorni alla settimana per lavorare! Venite dunque in uno di quei giorni per farvi guarire, non di sabato!»

15 Ma il Signore gli rispose: «Ipocriti, non lavorate anche voi di sabato? Non è, forse, di sabato che slegate il vostro bestiame e lo portate fuori dalla stalla ad abbeverarsi? 16 È dunque sbagliato soltanto perché è sabato, liberare questa donna giudea dalla schiavitù in cui Satana lʼha tenuta per diciotto anni?»

17 Queste parole confusero i nemici di Gesù, mentre tutta la gente era alle stelle dalla gioia per le meravigliose cose che Gesù aveva fatto.

18 Di nuovo Gesù incominciò a parlare del Regno di Dio: «A che cosa rassomiglia il Regno?» diceva. «Come posso illustrarvelo? 19 È come un piccolo granello di senape seminato in un orto: ben presto diventa un albero tanto alto, che gli uccelli vanno a vivere fra i suoi rami». 20-21 Poi disse ancora: «Il Regno di Dio è come il lievito nella farina, che lavora di nascosto finché non ha reso la pasta gonfia e leggera».

22 Gesù andava di città in città, di villaggio in villaggio, e strada facendo insegnava alla gente. Intanto sʼavvicinava sempre più a Gerusalemme.

23 Un tale gli chiese: «Saranno soltanto pochi i salvati?»

Ed egli rispose: 24-25 «La porta per il cielo è stretta. Datevi da fare per entrarvi, perché sono tanti davvero quelli che cercano di entrare, ma quando il capo di casa avrà chiuso la porta, allora sarà troppo tardi! E se allora vi troverete fuori a bussare e a pregare: “Signore, aprici la porta!” egli vi risponderà: “Io non vi conosco!”

26 Allora voi direte: “Ma noi abbiamo mangiato e bevuto con te e tu hai insegnato per le nostre strade…”

27 Ed egli replicherà: “Ve lo ripeto, non vi conosco. Non potete entrare qui, colpevoli come siete. Andatevene!”

28 Allora piangerete, digrignando i denti, perché vedrete Abramo, Isacco, Giacobbe e tutti i profeti nel Regno di Dio, mentre voi ve ne starete fuori. 29 Verranno da oriente e da occidente, da settentrione e da mezzogiorno e siederanno a mensa nel Regno di Dio. 30 Tenete in mente questo: alcuni che sono disprezzati ora, saranno molto onorati dopo; ed alcuni che adesso sono tenuti in grande considerazione, in seguito saranno i meno importanti».

31 Poco dopo alcuni Farisei gli dissero: «Vaʼ via di qui, se vuoi salvare la pelle, perché Erode vuole ucciderti!»

32 Gesù rispose: «Andate a dire a quella volpe che continuerò a cacciare i demòni e a compiere miracoli di guarigione oggi e domani; e il terzo giorno raggiungerò la mia destinazione. 33 Certo, devo camminare oggi, domani e dopodomani, perché non può essere che un profeta di Dio sia ucciso, se non a Gerusalemme!

34 Gerusalemme, Gerusalemme, città che uccidi i profeti e lapidi tutti quelli che Dio ti manda per aiutarti. Quante volte ho voluto riunire i tuoi figli, come la chioccia protegge la covata sotto le ali! Ma tu non hai voluto! 35 Ebbene, ora la vostra casa vi sarà lasciata deserta. E non mi rivedrete più, finché non direte: “Benvenuto colui che viene nel nome del Signore”».

Repent or Perish

13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate(A) had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?(B) I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam(C) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(D) you too will all perish.”

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.(E) So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down!(F) Why should it use up the soil?’

“‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,(G) 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years.(H) 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 set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her,(I) and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,(J) the synagogue leader(K) said to the people, “There are six days for work.(L) So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”

15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?(M) 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham,(N) whom Satan(O) has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”

17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated,(P) but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(Q)(R)

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God(S) like?(T) What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree,(U) and the birds perched in its branches.”(V)

20 Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”(W)

The Narrow Door

22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.(X) 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”

He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,(Y) because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’(Z)

26 “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

27 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’(AA)

28 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth,(AB) when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west(AC) and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”(AD)

Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem(AE)(AF)

31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod(AG) wants to kill you.”

32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’(AH) 33 In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet(AI) can die outside Jerusalem!

34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(AJ) and you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate.(AK) I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’[b](AL)

Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:21 Or about 27 kilograms
  2. Luke 13:35 Psalm 118:26

13 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

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

22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.