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Luke 13

1 The crueltie of Pilate. 2 We ought not to condemn all to be wicked men which suffer. 3 Christ exhorteth to repentance. 11 He healeth the croked woman, 15 Answereth to the master of the Synagogue 18 By divers similitudes he declareth what the kingdom of God is, 23 Also that the number of them which shall be saved, is small. 33 Finally he sheweth that no worldly policy or force can let the work and counsel of God.
1.There were certain men present at the same season, that shewed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had amingled with their own sacrifices.
2.And Jesus answered, and said unto them, Suppose ye, that these Galileans were bgreater sinners then all the other Galileans, because they have suffered such things?
3.I tell you, nay: but except cye amend your lives, ye shall all likewise perish.
4.Or think you that those eighteen, upon whom the tower in dSiloam fell, and slew them, were ^sinners above all men that dwell in Jerusalem?
5.I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your lives, ye all shall likewise perish.
6.¶ He spake also this parable, A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard: and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
7.Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, ethis three years have I come and sought fruit of this fig tree, and find none: fcut it down: why kepeth it galso the ground barren?
8.And he answered, and said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I dig round about it, and dongue it.
9.And if it bear fruit, well: if not, then after thou shalt cut it down.
10.¶ And he taught in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11.And behold, there was a woman which had a hspirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was ibowed together, and could not lift up her self in any wise.
12.When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woman, thou art ^losed from thy disease.
13.And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight again, and glorified God.
14.And the ruler of the Synagogue answered with indignation because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, & said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, & not on the Sabbath day.
15.Then answered him the Lord, and said, Hypocrite, doeth not each one of you on the Sabbath day lose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to the water?
16.And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, eighteen years, be losed from this bond on the Sabbath day?
17.And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: but all the people rejoiced at all the excellent things, that were done by him.
18.*Then said he, What is the kkingdom of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?
19.It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew, and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the heaven made nests in the branches thereof.
20.¶ And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21.It is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three pecks of four, till all was leavened.
22.*And he went through all cities and towns, teaching, and journeying towards Jerusalem.
23.Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that shalbe saved? And he said unto them,
24.*lStrive to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25.When to good man 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 to us, and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are,
26.mThen shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27.*But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28.There shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdom of God, and your selves thrust out at doors.
29.Then shall come many from the nEast, and from the West, and from the North, and from the South, and shall sit at table in the kingdom of God.
30.*And behold, othere are last, which shalbe first, and there are first, which shall be last.
31.The same day there came certain Pharises, and said unto him, Depart, and go hence: for Herod will kill thee.
32.Then said he unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I pcast out devils, and will heal still qto day, and to morrow, and the third day rI shalbe ^perfited.
33.Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it can not be, that a Prophet sshould perish out of Jerusalem.
34.*O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathered her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
35.Behold, your thouse is left unto you desolate: and verily I tell you, ye shall not see me until the time come that ye shall say, uBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Notes

1-a.
He murdered them as they were sacrificing: and so their blood was mingled with the blood of the beasts which were sacrificed.
2-b.
For the Jews took occasion hereby to condemn them as most wicked men.
3-c.
He warns them rather to consider their own estate, then to reprove other men’s.
4-^.
Or, detters.
4-d.
Which tower stood by the river Siloe or fishpool in Jerusalem.
7-e.
By this similitude is declared the great patience that God uses toward sinners in looking for their amendment: but this delay avails them nothing, when they still remain in their corruption.
7-f.
We see our state, if we bring not forth fruit.
7-g.
For both it is unfruitful itself, & does hurt to the ground where it grows.
11-h.
Whom Satan had stricken with a disease, as the spirit of covetousness is that spirit, that makes a man covetous.
11-i.
As they are whose sinews are shrunken.
12-^.
Or, set at liberty out of Satan’s bands.
18-*.
Mt. 13.31, Mk. 4.31.
18-k.
By these similitudes he shows the increase, whereby God arguments his kingdom, contrary to all men’s opinions.
22-*.
Mt. 9.35, Mk. 6.6.
24-*.
Mt. 7.13.
24-l.
We must endeavour and cut off all impediments, which may let us.
26-m.
He warns the Jews, that they deprive not themselves by their own negligence of that salvation, which was offered unto them.
27-*.
Mt. 7.23 and 25.41, Psal. 6.8.
29-n.
The people which then were strangers.
30-*.
Mt. 19.30 and 20.16, Mk. 10.31.
30-o.
Christ cuts off the vain confidence of the Jews who glorified in that, that God had chosen them for his people: yet they obeyed him not according to his word.
32-^.
Or, make an end.
32-p.
Neither the envy of the Pharises, who would have put him in fear of Herod, not yet any policy of man could stay him from that office which God had enjoined him.
32-q.
Meaning a little while.
32-r.
By Christ’s death we are made perfect forever.
33-s.
He notes their malice, which by all means sought his death more then did the tyrant, of whom they willed him to beware.
34-*.
Mt. 23.37.
35-t.
Christ forewarns them of the destruction of the Temple, and of their whole policy.
35-u.
When your own conscience shall reprove you and cause you to confess that which you now deny, which shall be when you shall see me in my majesty.