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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 13

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Chapter 13 of Luke—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood 1Pilate had [a]mixed with their sacrifices.
  2. And Jesus said to them, “2Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?
  3. I tell you, no, but unless you [b]repent, you will all likewise perish.
  4. Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in 3Siloam fell and killed them were worse [c]4culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?
  5. I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
  6. ¶ And He began telling this parable: “A man had 5a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
  7. And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree [d]without finding any. 6Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’
  8. And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
  9. and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”
  10. ¶ And He was 7teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
  11. And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had 8a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.
  12. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.”
  13. And He 9laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began 10glorifying God.
  14. But 11the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus 12had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “13There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”
  15. But 14the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, 15does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?
  16. And this woman, 16a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom 17Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?”
  17. As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and 18the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.
  18. ¶ So 19He was saying, “20What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
  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 21THE BIRDS OF THE [e]AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES.”
  20. ¶ And again He said, “22To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
  21. 23It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in 24three [f]pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”
  22. ¶ And He was passing through from one city and village to another, teaching, and 25proceeding on His way to Jerusalem.
  23. And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them,
  24. “26Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
  25. Once the head of the house gets up and 27shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘28Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘29I do not know where you are from.’
  26. Then you will 30begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’;
  27. and He will say, ‘I tell you, 31I do not know where you are from; 32DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.’
  28. 33In 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.
  29. And they 34will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
  30. And behold, 35some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”
  31. ¶ Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away, leave here, for 36Herod 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 day I [g]37reach My goal.’
  33. Nevertheless 38I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a 39prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.
  34. 40O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, 41just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!
  35. Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘42BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ I.e. shed along with
  2. ^ Or are repentant
  3. ^ Lit debtors
  4. ^ Lit and I do not find
  5. ^ Or sky
  6. ^ Gr sata
  7. ^ Or am perfected

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 27
  2. ^ Jn 9:2f
  3. ^ Ne 3:15; Is 8:6; Jn 9:7, 11
  4. ^ Mt 6:12; Lu 11:4
  5. ^ Mt 21:19
  6. ^ Mt 3:10; 7:19; Lu 3:9
  7. ^ Mt 4:23
  8. ^ Lu 13:16
  9. ^ Mr 5:23
  10. ^ Mt 9:8
  11. ^ Mr 5:22
  12. ^ Mt 12:2; Lu 14:3
  13. ^ Ex 20:9; De 5:13
  14. ^ Lu 7:13
  15. ^ Lu 14:5
  16. ^ Lu 19:9
  17. ^ Mt 4:10; Lu 13:11
  18. ^ Lu 18:43
  19. ^ Lu 13:18-19; Mt 13:31, 32; Mr 4:30-32
  20. ^ Mt 13:24; Lu 13:20
  21. ^ Eze 17:23
  22. ^ Mt 13:24; Lu 13:18
  23. ^ Lu 13:20-21; Mt 13:33
  24. ^ Mt 13:33
  25. ^ Lu 9:51
  26. ^ Mt 7:13
  27. ^ Mt 25:10
  28. ^ Mt 7:22; 25:11
  29. ^ Mt 7:23; 25:12; Lu 13:27
  30. ^ Lu 3:8
  31. ^ Lu 13:25
  32. ^ Ps 6:8; Mt 25:41
  33. ^ Mt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30
  34. ^ Mt 8:11
  35. ^ Mt 19:30; 20:16; Mr 10:31
  36. ^ Mt 14:1; Lu 3:1; 9:7; 23:7
  37. ^ Heb 2:10; 5:9; 7:28
  38. ^ Jn 11:9
  39. ^ Mt 21:11
  40. ^ Lu 13:34-35; Mt 23:37-39; Lu 19:41
  41. ^ Mt 23:37
  42. ^ Ps 118:26; Mt 21:9; Lu 19:38

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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