13 At that same time some people told Jesus about the Galileans who had been killed by Pilate even while they were offering sacrifices. 2 Jesus said to them, “Do you think that those Galileans were the worst sinners of all Galileans because they suffered like this? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well. 4 Or what about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were more guilty than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?  5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”
    6 Then he told them this parable: “There was a man who had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it, but did not find any. 7 So he said to the gardener, ‘Look, for three years running I have been checking for fruit on this fig tree, but I found none. Chop it down. Why should it just take up space?’  8 The gardener replied, ‘Leave it alone, sir, for just one more year, and I will dig the soil around it and put in some fertilizer.  9 If it gives fruit next year, that is good. If not, then you can have it chopped down.’”
    10 Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.  11 A woman was there who for eighteen years had suffered with a sickness caused by a spirit. She was bent over and unable to straighten up at all.  12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “You are set free from your sickness.”  13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she was able to stand up straight, and she began giving glory to God.  14 But the synagogue leader was angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done, so come during those days and be healed, not on the Sabbath day.” 15 But the lord answered him, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and take it to give it a drink?  16 So should not this woman, this daughter of Abraham who has been tied up by Satan for eighteen years, have been untied from the chain that bound her on the Sabbath day?”  17 When he said this, all his opponents were shamed, and the whole crowd was delighted by the wonderful things he was doing.
    18 So Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? What should I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed which a man planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds nested in its branches.” [425]
    20 Again he said, “What should I compare the Kingdom of God to?  21 It is like yeast which a woman put in three measures of flour, until the whole dough rose.”
    22 Jesus traveled through towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “lord, are only a few going to be saved?” He said,  24 “Struggle[426] to enter through the narrow doorway, because I am telling you that many will try to go in and will not be able. 25 Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will be standing on the outside knocking on the door, saying, ‘lord, open the door for us!’ He will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’  26 Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 He will say, ‘I am telling you, I do not know where you come from. Get away from me, all you evil people!’ 28 There will be weeping and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God but yourselves being thrown out.  29 People will come from east and west, north and south, and will sit down at the banquet table in the Kingdom of God. 30 Indeed the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
    31 Right at that time some Pharisees came up to Jesus and said, “Get away from here, because Herod is trying to kill you.”  32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox,[427] ‘Look, I am driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day[428] I will reach my goal. 33 Even so I must continue my journey today, tomorrow, and the day after, because a prophet cannot die outside Jerusalem!’ 34 Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! [429]  35 Look, your house is being abandoned. I tell you that you will not see me again until the day comes when you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’” [430]