<p id="id00639">42:013:001 There were present at that season some that told him of the<br/>
Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their<br/>
sacrifices.<br/></p>
<p id="id00640">42:013:002 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these<br/>
Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they<br/>
suffered such things?<br/></p>
<p id="id00641">42:013:003 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish.</p>
<p id="id00642">42:013:004 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and
slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that
dwelt in Jerusalem?</p>
<p id="id00643">42:013:005 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish.</p>
<p id="id00644">42:013:006 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree<br/>
planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon,<br/>
and found none.<br/></p>
<p id="id00645">42:013:007 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these<br/>
three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find<br/>
none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?<br/></p>
<p id="id00646">42:013:008 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year<br/>
also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:<br/></p>
<p id="id00647">42:013:009 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou<br/>
shalt cut it down.<br/></p>
<p id="id00648">42:013:010 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.</p>
<p id="id00649">42:013:011 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise
lift up herself.</p>
<p id="id00650">42:013:012 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto<br/>
her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.<br/></p>
<p id="id00651">42:013:013 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made<br/>
straight, and glorified God.<br/></p>
<p id="id00652">42:013:014 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation,
because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said
unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to
work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the
sabbath day.</p>
<p id="id00653">42:013:015 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not<br/>
each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from<br/>
the stall, and lead him away to watering?<br/></p>
<p id="id00654">42:013:016 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom<br/>
Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from<br/>
this bond on the sabbath day?<br/></p>
<p id="id00655">42:013:017 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were<br/>
ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious<br/>
things that were done by him.<br/></p>
<p id="id00656">42:013:018 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and
whereunto shall I resemble it?</p>
<p id="id00657">42:013:019 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast
into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the
fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.</p>
<p id="id00658">42:013:020 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?</p>
<p id="id00659">42:013:021 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three<br/>
measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.<br/></p>
<p id="id00660">42:013:022 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and<br/>
journeying toward Jerusalem.<br/></p>
<p id="id00661">42:013:023 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And<br/>
he said unto them,<br/></p>
<p id="id00662">42:013:024 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto<br/>
you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.<br/></p>
<p id="id00663">42:013:025 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut
to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at
the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall
answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:</p>
<p id="id00664">42:013:026 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy<br/>
presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.<br/></p>
<p id="id00665">42:013:027 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are;<br/>
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.<br/></p>
<p id="id00666">42:013:028 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall<br/>
see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in<br/>
the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.<br/></p>
<p id="id00667">42:013:029 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from<br/>
the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the<br/>
kingdom of God.<br/></p>
<p id="id00668">42:013:030 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there<br/>
are first which shall be last.<br/></p>
<p id="id00669">42:013:031 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto<br/>
him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.<br/></p>
<p id="id00670">42:013:032 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I<br/>
cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the<br/>
third day I shall be perfected.<br/></p>
<p id="id00671">42:013:033 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day<br/>
following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of<br/>
Jerusalem.<br/></p>
<p id="id00672">42:013:034 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and
stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have
gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood
under her wings, and ye would not!</p>
<p id="id00673">42:013:035 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say<br/>
unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye<br/>
shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.<br/></p>
<p id="id00674">42:014:001 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the<br/>
chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they<br/>
watched him.<br/></p>
<p id="id00675">42:014:002 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the<br/>
dropsy.<br/></p>
<p id="id00676">42:014:003 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees,<br/>
saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?<br/></p>
<p id="id00677">42:014:004 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him,<br/>
and let him go;<br/></p>
<p id="id00678">42:014:005 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or
an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out
on the sabbath day?</p>
<p id="id00679">42:014:006 And they could not answer him again to these things.</p>
<p id="id00680">42:014:007 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he
marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.</p>
<p id="id00681">42:014:008 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in
the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be
bidden of him;</p>
<p id="id00682">42:014:009 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this
man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.</p>
<p id="id00683">42:014:010 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room;
that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee,
Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the
presence of them that sit at meat with thee.</p>
<p id="id00684">42:014:011 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.</p>
<p id="id00685">42:014:012 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a
dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren,
neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also
bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.</p>
<p id="id00686">42:014:013 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the<br/>
lame, the blind:<br/></p>
<p id="id00687">42:014:014 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee:<br/>
for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.<br/></p>
<p id="id00688">42:014:015 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these
things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread
in the kingdom of God.</p>
<p id="id00689">42:014:016 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and<br/>
bade many:<br/></p>
<p id="id00690">42:014:017 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were<br/>
bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.<br/></p>
<p id="id00691">42:014:018 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first
said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must
needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.</p>
<p id="id00692">42:014:019 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to<br/>
prove them: I pray thee have me excused.<br/></p>
<p id="id00693">42:014:020 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I<br/>
cannot come.<br/></p>
<p id="id00694">42:014:021 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then
the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go
out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring
in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the
blind.</p>
<p id="id00695">42:014:022 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded,
and yet there is room.</p>
<p id="id00696">42:014:023 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways
and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be
filled.</p>
<p id="id00697">42:014:024 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden<br/>
shall taste of my supper.<br/></p>
<p id="id00698">42:014:025 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and<br/>
said unto them,<br/></p>
<p id="id00699">42:014:026 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother,
and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and
his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.</p>
<p id="id00700">42:014:027 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me,
cannot be my disciple.</p>
<p id="id00701">42:014:028 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down
first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to
finish it?</p>
<p id="id00702">42:014:029 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able
to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,</p>
<p id="id00703">42:014:030 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.</p>
<p id="id00704">42:014:031 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth
not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten
thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty
thousand?</p>
<p id="id00705">42:014:032 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an<br/>
ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.<br/></p>
<p id="id00706">42:014:033 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all<br/>
that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.<br/></p>
<p id="id00707">42:014:034 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith<br/>
shall it be seasoned?<br/></p>
<p id="id00708">42:014:035 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but<br/>
men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.<br/></p>
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