The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Luke 14
1 Now there were some present at
the same time who told him about the
Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed
with their sacrifices.
2 Jesus answered them, “Do you think
that these Galileans were worse sinners
than all the other Galileans, because they
suffered such things?
3 Itell you, no, but unless you repent, you
will all perish in the same way.
4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower
in Siloam fell and killed them—do you
think that they were worse offenders than
all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent,
you will all perish in the same way.”
6 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.
7 He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold,
these three years I have come looking for
fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it
down! Why does it waste the soil?’
8 He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this
year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after
that, you can cut it down.’ ”
10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues
on the Sabbath day 11Behold, there was
a woman who had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years. She was bent over and
could in no way straighten herself up.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her and
said to her, “Woman, you are freed from
your infirmity.”
13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately
she stood up straight and glorified God.
14 The ruler of the synagogue, being
indignant because Jesus had healed on the
Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are
six days in which men ought to work.
Therefore come on those days and be
healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
15 Therefore the Lord answered him,
“You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you
free his ox or his donkey from the stall on
the Sabbath and lead him away to water?
16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter
of Abraham whom Satan had bound
eighteen long years, be freed from this
bondage on the Sabbath day?”
17 As he said these things, all his adversaries
were disappointed; and all the multitude
rejoiced for all the glorious things
that were done by him.
18 He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like?
To what shall I compare it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which
a man took and put in his own garden.
It grew and became a large tree, and the
birds of the sky live in its branches.”
20 Again he said, “To what shall I
compare God’s Kingdom?
21 It is like yeast, which a woman took
and hid in three measures † of flour, until
it was all leavened.”
22 He went on his way through cities
and villages, teaching, and traveling on to
Jerusalem.
23 One said to him, “Lord, are they few
who are saved?” He said to them,
24 “Strive to enter in by the narrow door,
for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in
and will not be able.
25 When once the master of the house
has risen up and has shutthe door, and you
begin to stand outside and to knock at the
door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then
he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know
you or where you come from.’
26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and
drank in your presence, and you taught in
our streets.’
27 He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know
where you come from. Departfrom me, all
you workers of iniquity.’
28 There will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
and allthe prophets in God’s Kingdom, and
your selves being thrown outside.
29 They will come from the east, west,
north, andsouth, and will sitdownin God’s
Kingdom.
30 Behold, there are some who are last
who will be first, and there are some who
are first who will be last.”
31 On that same day, some Pharisees
came, saying to him, “Get out of here and
go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”
32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox,
‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform
cures today and tomorrow, and the third
day I complete my mission.
33 Nevertheless I must go on my way
today and tomorrow and the next day, for
it can’t be that a prophet would perish
outside of Jerusalem.’
34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills
the prophets and stones those who are
sent to her! How often I wanted to gather
your children together, like a hen gathers
her own brood under her wings, and you
refused!
35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Itell you, you will not see me until you
say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord!’ ” *