Luke 13:9 and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.'"
Luke 13:10 ¶ And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
Luke 13:11 And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.
Luke 13:12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness."
Luke 13:14 But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day."
Luke 13:15 But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?
Luke 13:16 "And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?"
Luke 13:17 As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.
Luke 13:19 "It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES."
Luke 13:20 ¶ And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
Luke 13:21 "It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened."
Luke 13:22 ¶ And He was passing through from one city and village to another, teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem.
Luke 13:23 And someone said to Him, "Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?" And He said to them,
Luke 13:24 "Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
Luke 13:25 "Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open up to us!' then He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know where you are from.'
Luke 13:26 "Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets';
Luke 13:27 and He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.'
Luke 13:28 "In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.
Luke 13:29 "And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
Luke 13:30 "And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last."