Luke 13:1-17

Repent or Perish

1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood ¹Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2 And he answered them, ²"Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?

3 No, I tell you; but unless you ³repent, you will all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in ⁴Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?

5 No, I tell you; but unless you ⁵repent, you will all likewise perish."

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

6 And he told this parable: "A man had ⁶a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

7 And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. ⁷Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?'

8 And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.

9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

A Woman with a Disabling Spirit

10 Now ⁸he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

11 And there was a woman who had had ⁹a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.

12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability."

13 And he ¹⁰laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she ¹¹glorified God.

14 But ¹²the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus ¹³had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, ¹⁴"There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

15 Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! ¹⁵Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?

16 And ought not this woman, ¹⁶a daughter of Abraham whom ¹⁷Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

17 As he said these things, ¹⁸all his adversaries were put to shame, and ¹⁹all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 3:1
• 2. [Job 4:7; John 9:2; Acts 28:4]
• 3. See Luke 5:32
• 4. John 9:7, 11
• 5. [See ver. 3 above]
• 6. Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:13; [Isaiah 5:2]
• 7. Luke 3:9; Matthew 7:19
• 8. See Matthew 4:23; Mark 6:2
• 9. Acts 16:16; [ver. 16]
• 10. See Mark 5:23
• 11. Luke 5:25; Luke 18:43; See Luke 7:16
• 12. See Luke 8:41
• 13. See Matthew 12:2
• 14. Exodus 20:9; Ezekiel 46:1
• 15. Luke 14:5; [Matthew 12:11]
• 16. Luke 19:9
• 17. [ver. 11; Acts 10:38; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 12:7]; See 1 Chronicles 21:1
• 18. Psalms 132:18; 1 Peter 3:16
• 19. Luke 18:43