A Call to Repentance (Joel 1:13–20; Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3)
2 DBY And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things? BSB BSB: To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?
3 DBY No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner. BSB BSB: No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
4 DBY Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that they were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? BSB BSB: Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
5 DBY No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner. BSB BSB: No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (Isaiah 5:1–7)
7 DBY And 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 render the ground useless? BSB BSB: So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
8 DBY But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung, BSB BSB: ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
9 DBY and if it shall bear fruit — but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down. BSB BSB: If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman 10 DBY And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. BSB BSB: One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
11 DBY And lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to lift her head up. BSB BSB: and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
12 DBY And Jesus, seeing her, called to her , and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. BSB BSB: When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”
13 DBY And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. BSB BSB: Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
14 DBY But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. BSB BSB: But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
15 DBY The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading it away, water it ? BSB BSB: “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
16 DBY And this woman , who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? BSB BSB: Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
17 DBY And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him. BSB BSB: When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31–32; Mark 4:30–34)
18 DBY And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it? BSB BSB: Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
19 DBY It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches. BSB BSB: It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
The Parable of the Leaven (Matthew 13:33)
20 DBY And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? BSB BSB: Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
21 DBY It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened. BSB BSB: It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
The Narrow Door (Matthew 7:13–14)
22 DBY And he went through one city and village after another, teaching, and journeying to Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.
23 DBY And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them, BSB BSB: “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
24 DBY Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. BSB BSB: “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
25 DBY From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are: BSB BSB: After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
26 DBY then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets; BSB BSB: Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
27 DBY and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. BSB BSB: And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
28 DBY There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out. BSB BSB: There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
29 DBY And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God. BSB BSB: People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
30 DBY And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last. BSB BSB: And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
Lament over Jerusalem (Matthew 23:37–39)
31 DBY The same hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him, Get out, and go hence, for Herod is desirous to kill thee. BSB BSB: At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
32 DBY And he said to them, Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected; BSB BSB: But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
33 DBY but I must needs walk to-day and to-morrow and the day following, for it must not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
34 DBY Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not. BSB BSB: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
35 DBY Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. BSB BSB: Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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