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Unless You Repent, You Will Perish

13 And some were present at the very time, reporting to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices. ² And having responded, He said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were sinners more than all the Galileans, because they have suffered these things? ³ No, I say to you. But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them— do you think that they were debtors^[a] more than all the people dwelling in Jerusalem? ⁵ No, I say to you. But unless you repent, you will all similarly perish”.

If The Tree Does Not Bear Fruit, It Will Be Cut Down

⁶ And He was telling this parable— “A certain one had a fig tree having been planted in his vineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it, and did not find it. ⁷ And he said to the vine-keeper, ‘Behold— it is three years from which time I am coming seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I am not finding it. Therefore, cut it down! Why is it even using-up^[b] the soil?’ ⁸ But the one, having responded, says to him, ‘Master, leave it also this year, until I dig around it and throw manure. ⁹ And if it produces fruit in the future— otherwise indeed, cut it down’”.

Jesus Heals a Woman On The Sabbath. The Synagogue Official Objects

¹⁰ Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, ¹¹ and behold— there was a woman having a spirit of ^[c] infirmity eighteen years. And she was bending-over, and not being able to bend-up completely. ¹² And having seen her, Jesus called to her and said to her, “Woman, you have been released from your infirmity”. ¹³ And He laid His hands on her. And at-once she was made-straight. And she was glorifying God. ¹⁴ But having responded, the synagogue official— being indignant because Jesus cured on the Sabbath— was saying to the crowd that “There are six days on which one ought-to work. So be cured while coming on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath”. ¹⁵ But the Lord responded to him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath release his ox or donkey from the manger^[d], and having led it away, water it? ¹⁶ But this one, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for behold, ten and eight years— ought she not to have been released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?” ¹⁷ And while He was saying these things, all the ones being opposed to Him were being put-to-shame.

The Crowd Rejoices Over What Jesus Did. He Says, The Kingdom of God Starts Small

And the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him. ¹⁸ Therefore, He was saying, “To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I liken it? ¹⁹ It is like a seed of a mustard-plant which, having taken, a man threw into his own garden. And it grew and became a tree. And the birds of the heaven nested in its branches”. ²⁰ And again He said, “To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? ²¹ It is like leaven, which having taken, a woman concealed^[e] into three measures of wheat-flour until which time the whole thing was leavened”.

Enter Through The Narrow Door Before It Is Too Late

²² And He was journeying-through according to cities and villages, teaching and making the journey to Jerusalem. ²³ And someone said to Him, “Master, are the ones being saved few?” And the One said to them, ²⁴ “Be striving to enter through the narrow door, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter, and will not be able. ²⁵ From whatever time the house-master arises and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to be knocking on the door saying ‘Master, open for us’, and having responded, he will say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from’— ²⁶ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught on our wide-roads’. ²⁷ And he will speak, saying to you, ‘I do not know you— where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness’. ²⁸ In that place, there will be the weeping and the grinding of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you being thrown outside. ²⁹ And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and lie back [to eat] in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold— there are last ones who will be first, and there are first ones who will be last”.

Jesus Proceeds Away From Herod, Because a Prophet Cannot Perish Outside Jerusalem

³¹ At the very hour, some Pharisees came to Him, saying to Him, “Go out, and proceed from here, because Herod^[f] wants to kill You”. ³² And He said to them, “Having gone, tell this fox, ‘Behold— I am casting-out demons and performing^[g] healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I come-to-the-end^[h]’. ³³ Nevertheless, I must proceed today and tomorrow and the next day, because it cannot-be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. ³⁴ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning the ones having been sent to her. How often I wanted to gather-together your children the way a hen does her own brood under her wings, and you did not want it. ³⁵ Behold— your house is being left to you. And I say to you, you will by no means see Me until^[i] the time will come when you say, ‘Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord’”.

At The House of a Pharisee, Jesus Heals a Man With Dropsy On The Sabbath

14 And it came about at His going into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were closely-watching Him. ² And behold— a certain man in front of Him was suffering-from-dropsy. ³ And having responded, Jesus spoke to the Law-experts and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath, or not?” ⁴ But the ones were quiet. And having taken-hold-of him, He healed him, and sent him away. ⁵ And He said to them, “Whose son or ox of yours will fall into a well, and he will not immediately pull him up on the day of the Sabbath?” ⁶ And they were not able to answer-back to these things.

Jesus Says To The Ones Invited, Humble Yourself. Wait On The One Who Invited You

⁷ And He was speaking a parable^[j] to the ones having been invited, fixing-His-attention-on^[k] how they were choosing the places-of-honor, saying to them— ⁸ “Whenever you are invited by someone to wedding-celebrations, do not lie down [to eat] in the place-of-honor lest a more distinguished one than you may have been invited by him, ⁹ and having come, the one having invited you and him will say to you, ‘Give your place to this one’, and then you will begin to hold the last place with shame. ¹⁰ But whenever you are invited, having gone, fall back [to eat] in the last place, so that when the one having invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’. Then there will be glory for you in the presence of all the ones reclining back with you [to eat]. ¹¹ Because everyone exalting himself will be humbled. And the one humbling himself will be exalted”.

Jesus Says To The One Who Invited Him, Serve Those Who Cannot Repay

¹² And He was also saying to the one having invited Him, “Whenever you make a morning-meal^[l] or a dinner, do not be calling your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors— that they also might not perhaps invite you in return, and it become a repayment^[m] to you. ¹³ But whenever you make a reception, be inviting poor ones, crippled ones, lame ones, blind ones, ¹⁴ and you will be blessed because they do not have the means to repay you. For it will be repaid to you at the resurrection of the righteous”.

When The Invited Are Not Willing To Come, The Uninvited Will Be Welcomed

¹⁵ And one of the ones reclining back with Him [to eat], having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed is whoever will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” ¹⁶ But the One said to him— “A certain man was making a great dinner, and he invited many. ¹⁷ And he sent-out his slave at the hour of the dinner to say to the ones having been invited, ‘Come, because it is already prepared’. ¹⁸ And they all alike began to excuse-themselves. The first said to him, ‘I bought a field. And I have a necessity, having gone out, to see it. I ask you, have me excused’. ¹⁹ And another said, ‘I bought five pair^[n] of oxen, and I am proceeding to test them. I ask you, have me excused’. ²⁰ And another said, ‘I married a woman, and for this reason I am not able to come’. ²¹ And having come, the slave reported these things to his master. Then, having become-angry^[o], the house-master said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the wide-roads^[p] and lanes^[q] of the city, and bring in here the poor ones and crippled ones and blind ones and lame ones’. ²² And the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and there is still room’. ²³ And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out to the roads^[r] and fences, and compel^[s] them to come in, in order that my house may be filled. ²⁴ For I say to you^[t] all that none of those men having been invited will taste my dinner’”.

Carry Your Own Cross And Follow Me. Calculate The Cost First

²⁵ And large crowds were proceeding-with Him. And having turned, He said to them, ²⁶ “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ Whoever is not carrying his own cross^[u] and coming after Me, cannot be My disciple. ²⁸ For which of you wanting to build a tower does not first, having sat-down, calculate the cost to see whether he has enough for the completion?— ²⁹ in order that he having laid a foundation and not being able to finish it out, all the ones observing may not perhaps begin to mock him, ³⁰ saying that ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish it out!’ ³¹ Or what king going to engage another king in battle will not, having sat-down first, deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet^[v] the one coming against him with twenty thousand? ³² Otherwise indeed, the one coming still being far away— the king, having sent-forth a delegation, asks the things for peace. ³³ So therefore, any of you who is not saying-goodbye^[w] to all his possessions cannot be My disciple. ³⁴ Therefore, salt is good. But if indeed the salt should become-tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? ³⁵ It is fit neither for soil nor for the manure-pile. They throw it outside. Let the one having ears to hear, hear”.