Luke 13:6-17

English Standard Version

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

⁶ And he told this parable: “A man had ^(A)a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. ⁷ And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. ^(B)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 put on manure. ⁹ Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

A Woman with a Disabling Spirit

¹⁰ Now ^(C)he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹ And behold, there was a woman who had had ^(D)a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. ¹² When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” ¹³ And he ^(E)laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she ^(F)glorified God. ¹⁴ But ^(G)the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus ^(H)had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, ^(I)“There are six days in 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! ^(J)Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? ¹⁶ And ought not this woman, ^(K)a daughter of Abraham whom ^(L)Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” ¹⁷ As he said these things, ^(M)all his adversaries were put to shame, and ^(N)all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.