1Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And he answered and said to them, Do you think that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they have suffered these things? 3I tell you, No: but, unless you repent, you shall all in like manner perish. 4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, do you think that they were offenders above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? 5I tell you, No: but, unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish. 6And 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. 7And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it also use up the ground? 8And he answering says to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and put manure on it: 9and if it bears fruit from then on, well; but if not, you shall cut it down. 10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. 11And behold, a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bent over, and could by no means lift herself up. 12And when Yeshua saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. 13And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Yeshua had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath. 15But the Lord answered him, and said, You hypocrites, does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, look, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath? 17And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. 18He said therefore, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it? 19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in its branches. 20And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened. 22And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on to Jerusalem. 23And one said to him, Lord, are there few who are saved? And he said to them, 24Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I do not know where you are from; 26then you shall begin to say, We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets; 27and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast out. 29And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last. 31In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get out, and go from here: for Herod wants to kill you. 32And he said to them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am perfected. 33Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside Jerusalem. 34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you would not! 35Behold, your house is left to you desolate: and I say to you, You shall not see me, until you shall say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yehovah.