A Call to Repentance (Joel 1:13–20; Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3)
2 DRA And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, 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 DRA No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish. BSB BSB: No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
4 DRA Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt 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 DRA No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish. 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 DRA And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground? 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 DRA But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it. BSB BSB: ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
9 DRA And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then 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 DRA And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath. BSB BSB: One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
11 DRA And behold there was a woman, who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all. 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 DRA Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity. BSB BSB: When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”
13 DRA 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 DRA And the ruler of the synagogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath) answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them 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 DRA And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you, on the sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water? 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 DRA And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, 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 DRA And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously 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 DRA He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it? BSB BSB: Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
19 DRA It is like to 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 the air lodged in the branches thereof. 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 DRA And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like? BSB BSB: Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
21 DRA It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till 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 DRA And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.
23 DRA And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: BSB BSB: “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
24 DRA Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall 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 DRA But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you 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 DRA Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, 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 DRA And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you 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 DRA There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust 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 DRA And there shall come from the east and the west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down 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 DRA And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that 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 DRA The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind 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 DRA And he said to them: Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am consummated. 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 DRA Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow, and the day following, because it cannot 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 DRA Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest 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 DRA Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh 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.’”