1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose bloodpch. 3:1 Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, q[Job 4:7; John 9:2; Acts 28:4] “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless yourSee ch. 5:32 repent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower insJohn 9:7, 11 Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless your[See ver. 3 above] repent, you will all likewise perish. ”
6 And he told this parable: “A man hadtMatt. 21:19; Mark 11:13; [Isa. 5:2] 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.uch. 3:9; Matt. 7:19 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. ’ ”
10 NowvSee Matt. 4:23; Mark 6:2 he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And there was a woman who had hadwActs 16:16; [ver. 16] 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 hexSee Mark 5:23 laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and sheych. 5:25; 18:43; See ch. 7:16 glorified God. 14 ButzSee ch. 8:41 the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because JesusaSee Matt. 12:2 had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people,bEx. 20:9; Ezek. 46:1 “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!cch. 14:5; [Matt. 12:11] 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,dch. 19:9 a daughter of Abraham whome[ver. 11; Acts 10:38; 1 Cor. 5:5; 2 Cor. 12:7]; See 1 Chr. 21:1 Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? ” 17 As he said these things,fPs. 132:18; 1 Pet. 3:16 all his adversaries were put to shame, andgch. 18:43 all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 hFor ver. 18, 19, see Matt. 13:31, 32; Mark 4:30-32 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? 19 It is likeich. 17:6; Matt. 17:20 a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches. ”
20 And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21 jMatt. 13:33 It is like leaven that a woman took and hid inkGen. 18:6 three measures of flour, until it wasl1 Cor. 5:6; Gal. 5:9 all leavened. ”
22 mSee Mark 6:6 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching andn[ver. 33]; See ch. 9:51 journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to him, “Lord,oActs 2:47; 1 Cor. 1:18; 2 Cor. 2:15 will those who are saved be few? ” And he said to them, 24 p1 Tim. 4:10; Heb. 12:4; [1 Tim. 6:12 (Gk.)]; See 1 Cor. 9:25 “StriveqMatt. 7:13 to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 rFor ver. 25-27, [Matt. 25:10-12] When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying,sMatt. 7:22, 23 ‘Lord, open to us, ’ then he will answer you,tMatt. 10:33; 25:12; [2 Tim. 2:19] ‘I do not know where you come from. ’ 26 Then you will begin to say,u[Ex. 24:11] ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets. ’ 27 But he will say, ‘I tell you,t[See ver. 25 above] I do not know where you come from.vSee Ps. 6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil! ’ 28 wSee Matt. 8:11, 12 In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you seewSee Matt. 8:11, 12 Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God butwSee Matt. 8:11, 12 you yourselves cast out. 29 Andw[See ver. 28 above] people will come from east and west, and from north and south, andx[ch. 14:15; 22:30] recline at table in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold,ySee Matt. 19:30 some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last. ”
31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away fromz[Matt. 19:1; Mark 10:1] here, foraSee ch. 3:1 Herod wants to kill you. ” 32 And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third dayb[See Heb. 2:10; 5:9; 7:28] I finish my course. 33 Nevertheless,c[John 11:9] IdActs 3:21; 17:3 must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be thateSee Matt. 21:11 a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem. ’ 34 fFor ver. 34, 35, see Matt. 23:37-39; [ch. 19:41-44] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city thatgSee Matt. 21:35 kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it!h[Matt. 26:55] How often would I havei[Ps. 147:2; Prov. 1:24] gatheredjch. 23:28 your children togetherk[Deut. 32:11, 12] as a hen gathers her broodlRuth 2:12 under her wings, andmJohn 5:40 you would not! 35 Behold,n[Isa. 64:11; Jer. 12:7; 22:5] your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say,och. 19:38; Cited from Ps. 118:26 ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ’ ”