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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 13

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Chapter 13 of Luke—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ At that very season there were certain ones present that reported to him about the Gal·i·leʹans1 whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
  2. So in reply he said to them: “Do YOU imagine that these Gal·i·leʹans were proved worse sinners2 than all other Gal·i·leʹans because they have suffered these things?
  3. No, indeed, I tell YOU; but, unless YOU repent, YOU will all likewise be destroyed.3
  4. Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Si·loʹam[a] fell, thereby killing them, do YOU imagine that they were proved greater debtors than all other men inhabiting Jerusalem?
  5. No, indeed, I tell YOU; but, unless YOU repent, YOU will all be destroyed in the same way.”4
  6. ¶ Then he went on to tell this illustration: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard,5 and he came looking for fruit on it,6 but found none.7
  7. Then he said to the vinedresser, ‘Here it is three years8 that I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, but have found none. Cut it down!9 Why really should it keep the ground useless?’
  8. In reply he said to him, ‘Master, let it alone10 also this year, until I dig around it and put on manure;
  9. and if then it produces fruit in the future, [well and good]; but if not, you shall[b] cut it down.’”11
  10. ¶ Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
  11. And, look! a woman with a spirit12 of weakness for eighteen years, and she was bent double and was unable to raise herself up at all.
  12. When he saw her, Jesus addressed her and said to her: “Woman, you are released13 from your weakness.”
  13. And he laid his hands on her; and instantly she straightened up,14 and began to glorify God.
  14. But in response the presiding officer of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus did the cure on the sabbath, began to say to the crowd: “There are six days on which work ought to be done;15 on them, therefore, come and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.”16
  15. However, the Lord[c] answered him and said: “Hypocrites,17 does not each one of YOU on the sabbath untie his bull or his ass from the stall and lead it away to give it drink?18
  16. Was it not due, then, for this woman who is a daughter of Abraham,19 and whom Satan held bound, look! eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?”
  17. Well, when he said these things, all his opposers began to feel shame;20 but all the crowd began to rejoice at all the glorious things done by him.21
  18. ¶ Therefore he went on to say: “What is the kingdom of God like, and with what shall I compare it?22
  19. It is like a mustard grain that a man took and put in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of heaven23 took up lodging in its branches.”24
  20. ¶ And again he said: “With what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
  21. It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in[d] three large measures[e] of flour until the whole mass was fermented.”25
  22. ¶ And he journeyed through from city to city and from village to village, teaching and continuing on his journey to Jerusalem.26
  23. Now a certain man said to him: “Lord, are those who are being saved few?”27 He said to them:
  24. “Exert28 yourselves vigorously[f] to get in through the narrow door,29 because many, I tell YOU, will seek to get in but will not be able,30
  25. when once the householder has got up and locked the door, and YOU start to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Sir, open to us.’31 But in answer he will say to YOU, ‘I do not know where YOU are from.’32
  26. Then YOU will start saying, ‘We ate and drank in front of you, and you taught in our broad ways.’33
  27. But he will speak and say to YOU, ‘I do not know where YOU are from. Get away from me, all YOU workers of unrighteousness!’34
  28. There is where [YOUR] weeping and the gnashing of [YOUR] teeth35 will be, when YOU see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,36 but yourselves thrown outside.
  29. Furthermore, people will come from eastern parts and western, and from north and south,37 and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.38
  30. And, look! there are those last who will be first, and there are those first who will be last.”39
  31. ¶ In that very hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him: “Get out and be on your way from here, because Herod[g] wants to kill you.”
  32. And he said to them: “Go and tell that fox,40 ‘Look! I am casting out demons and accomplishing healing today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be finished.’[h]41
  33. Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the following day, because it is not admissible for a prophet to be destroyed outside of Jerusalem.42
  34. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer43 of the prophets and stoner44 of those sent forth to her—how often I wanted to gather your children together in the manner that a hen gathers her brood of chicks under her wings,45 but YOU people did not want [it]!46
  35. Look! YOUR house47 is abandoned to YOU. I tell YOU, YOU will by no means see me until YOU say, ‘Blessed is he that comes in Jehovah’s[i] name.’”48

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Siloam,” אAB; J17,18,22, “Shiloah.”
  2. ^ Or, “must.”
  3. ^ Or, “Master.”
  4. ^ Or, “mixed with.”
  5. ^ Lit., “seah measures.” Gr., saʹta. A seah measure equaled 7.33 L (6.66 dry qt).
  6. ^ Lit., “Be struggling.”
  7. ^ That is, Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. See 3:1.
  8. ^ Lit., “I am being perfected.”
  9. ^ See App 1D.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 5:37
  2. ^ Jn 9:2
  3. ^ Ac 3:19
  4. ^ Eze 18:30
  5. ^ Is 5:1
  6. ^ Hab 3:17; Mr 11:13
  7. ^ Mt 21:19
  8. ^ Le 19:23
  9. ^ Jn 15:2
  10. ^ Ex 32:11; Jl 2:17
  11. ^ 2Pe 3:9
  12. ^ Ac 16:16
  13. ^ Is 61:1; Lu 4:18
  14. ^ Lu 4:39
  15. ^ Ex 20:9; 23:12; 35:2
  16. ^ De 5:14; Mt 12:10; Mr 3:2; Jn 5:16
  17. ^ Mt 23:28; Lu 12:1
  18. ^ Lu 14:5
  19. ^ Lu 19:9
  20. ^ 1Pe 3:16
  21. ^ Lu 9:43
  22. ^ Mt 13:31; Mr 4:30
  23. ^ Eze 17:23; 31:6; Da 4:12
  24. ^ Mt 13:32; Mr 4:32
  25. ^ Mt 13:33
  26. ^ Mt 9:35; Mr 6:6
  27. ^ Mt 7:14; 19:25
  28. ^ Is 55:6
  29. ^ Mt 7:13; Pp 3:12
  30. ^ Jn 7:34; Ro 9:31; 1Ti 6:12
  31. ^ Mt 25:11; Lu 6:46
  32. ^ Ps 32:6; Is 55:6
  33. ^ Mt 7:22; Ti 1:16
  34. ^ Ps 6:8; Mt 7:23
  35. ^ Is 65:14; Mt 8:12; 13:42
  36. ^ Mt 8:11
  37. ^ Ge 28:14; Ps 107:3; Is 49:12; 59:19
  38. ^ Lu 14:15; 22:16; Ac 2:39; Re 5:9
  39. ^ Mt 19:30; Mr 10:31
  40. ^ Zp 3:3
  41. ^ Heb 2:10
  42. ^ Mt 16:21
  43. ^ Ne 9:26; Is 1:21
  44. ^ 2Ch 24:21
  45. ^ Is 40:11
  46. ^ Mt 23:37
  47. ^ Le 26:31; 1Ki 9:7; Ps 69:25; Is 1:7; Je 12:7; 22:5; Mc 3:12
  48. ^ Ps 118:26; Mt 21:9; 23:39; Lu 19:38; Jn 12:13

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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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