A Call to Repentance
(Joel 1:13–20; Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3)

1Now at the same time, some were present, reporting to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices. 2And answering, He said to them,† “Do you⁺ think that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered these things? 3No, I say to you⁺; but unless you⁺ repent, you⁺ will all likewise perish. 4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: Do you⁺ think that these were debtors beyond all the men dwelling in Jerusalem? 5No, I say to you⁺; but unless you⁺ repent, you⁺ will all likewise” perish.

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
(Isaiah 5:1–7)

6And He was speaking this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and did not find any. 7And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and do not find any. Therefore cut it down!† Why even does it use up the soil?’

8And’ answering, he says to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I may dig around it and put in manure, 9and if indeed it should make fruit in the time, so be it. But if not, you will cut it down.†’”

Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman

10And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbaths. 11And behold, a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to lift herself up to the full. 12And having seen her, Jesus called her near and said to her, “Woman, you have been freed from your infirmity.” 13And He laid the hands on her, and immediately she was set upright and was glorifying God.

14And answering, the synagogue ruler, indignant because Jesus healed on the Sabbath, was saying to the crowd, “There are six days in which it is necessary to work. Therefore, coming, be healed in these, and not on the day of the Sabbath.”

15But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites!† Does not each one of you⁺ loose his ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and having led it away, give it to drink? 16And this, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound, behold, eighteen years, was it not necessary for her to be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?”

17And on His saying these things, all those opposed to Him were ashamed; and all the crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed
(Matthew 13:31–32; Mark 4:30–34)

18And He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what will I liken it? 19It is like a grain of mustard that a man, having taken, cast into his garden; and it grew and became into a tree,† and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.”

The Parable of the Leaven
(Matthew 13:33)

20And again, He said, “To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven that a woman, having taken, hid in three measures of flour, until it all was leavened.”

The Narrow Door
(Matthew 7:13–14)

22And He was going through by towns and villages, teaching and making progress toward Jerusalem. 23And someone said to Him, “Lord, are those being saved few?”

And He said to them, 24“Strive to enter through the narrow door,† because many, I say to you⁺, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25From that time the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, then you⁺ shall begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord,† open to us.’

And answering, he will say to you⁺, ‘I do not know from where you⁺ are.’

26Then you⁺ will begin to say, ‘We ate in your presence, and we drank, and you taught in our streets.’

27And he will say, ‘I am saying to you⁺, I do not know from where you⁺ are; depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness.’

28There will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth when you⁺ shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you⁺ are being cast outside. 29And they will come from east and west and from north and south and will recline in the kingdom of God. 30And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

Lament over Jerusalem
(Matthew 23:37–39)

31In the same hour,† some Pharisees came near, saying to Him, “Go out and proceed from here, because Herod wants to kill You.”

32And He said to them, “Having gone, say to this fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I complete cures today and tomorrow, and the third day, I am accomplished.’ 33But it is necessary for Me to proceed today and tomorrow and the following day, because it is not permissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those sent to her, how often I willed to gather your children, the way that a hen does her brood under the wings, and you⁺ were not willing. 35Behold, your⁺ house is left to you⁺. And I say to you⁺, you⁺ shall not see Me until it will come when you⁺ say, ‘Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord.’†”

Footnotes:

2 BYZ and TR Jesus said to them
7 SBL, NE, WH Cut it down!
9 BYZ and TR and if indeed it may bear fruit—and if not so, you will cut it down
15 TR and GOC “You hypocrite!”
19 BYZ and TR a great tree
24 BYZ and TR narrow gate
25 BYZ and TR Lord, Lord
31 BYZ and TR On that very day
35 Psalm 118:26