1 About that time, some people there brought Him {Iesous, Attentive Listener} news about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices {thusion: temple offerings}.
2 He {Iesous, Divine Instructor} answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were sinners {hamartoloi: missing God’s mark} beyond all other Galileans because of what they suffered?”
3 No, I say to you; but if you do not repent {metanoete: change inner direction}, you all will perish in the same way {homoios: in equal manner}.
4 Or consider those eighteen upon whom the tower {pyrgos: high defensive structure} in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think they became debtors {opheiletai: morally liable} more than all the people dwelling in Jerusalem?
5 No, I {Iesous, Urgent Caller} say to you; but unless you repent {metanoete: decisive turning}, all of you will likewise perish.
6 Then He {Iesous, Divine Teacher} spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree {suke: fruit-bearing tree} in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.”
7 So he said to the vinedresser {ampelourgos: skilled vineyard worker}, “Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none; cut it down. Why should it also exhaust the ground {ge: productive farmland}?”
8 But he answered and said to him, “Sir {Kyrios: respectful address}, let it stand this year also until I dig around it and put on manure {kopria: fertilizer for growth}.”
9 And if it bears fruit in the future {mellon: coming time}, good; but if not, then after that you will cut it down {ekkopseis: remove entirely}.
10 Now He {Iesous, Synagogue Teacher} was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbaths {sabbasin: weekly rest day}.
11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity {astheneia: persistent weakness} for eighteen years; she was bent over and was not able to straighten up completely {panteles: in every way}.
12 But when Jesus {Iesous, Liberating Healer} saw her, He summoned her and said, “Woman, you have been released from your infirmity {astheneia: debilitating weakness}.”
13 And He placed His hands on her, and instantly {parachrema: immediate effect} she was made straight, and she glorified God {Theos, Worthy Of Glory}.
14 But the synagogue ruler, outraged because Jesus {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} had healed on the Sabbath {sabbaton: holy rest day}, replied to the crowd, “There are six days in which it is necessary to work; come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”
15 The Lord {Kyrios, Master Teacher} answered him, “Hypocrites! Does not each of you, on the Sabbath, untie your ox or your donkey from the stall {phatne: feeding trough} and lead it away to give it water?”
16 And this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan {Satanas: Adversary Accuser} bound—behold, for eighteen years—should she not be released from this bond on the Sabbath {sabbatou: sacred rest day}?
17 As He {Iesous, Powerful Wonder-Worker} said these things, all His adversaries {antikeimenoi: persistent opponents} were put to shame, and the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.
18 Therefore He {Christos, Teaching Lord} was saying, “What is the kingdom {basileia: divine rule} of God like, and what shall I compare it to?”
19 It resembles a mustard seed {sinapeos: tiny kernel} that a man gathered and cast into his own garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches {kladois: woody limbs}.
20 And again He said, “With what shall I compare the kingdom {basileia: divine reign} of God {Theos, Sovereign Ruler}?”
21 It is like leaven {zume: fermenting agent} that a woman {gune: adult female} took and hid in three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.
22 And He {Iesous, Journey Leader} was passing through cities and villages, teaching, and pressing on toward Jerusalem {Hierosolyma: city of peace}.
23 And someone asked Him, “Lord {Kyrios, Authority on Salvation}, are only a few being saved {sozomenoi: in the process}?” And He said to them,
24 Strive to enter through the narrow door {thura: symbolic entryway}, for I {Iesous, Merciful Judge} tell you that many will seek to enter and will not be able.
25 When the master of the house rises and shuts the door {thyran: entry barrier}, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, “Lord {Kyrie, Household Authority}, open to us,” then He will answer you, “I do not know where you are from.”
26 Then you will begin to say, “We shared a meal {ephagomen: communal gathering} in Your {Iesous, Present Teacher} presence and we drank, and You taught in our streets.”
27 But He {Iesous, Righteous Judge} will say to you, “I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you workers {ergatai: habitual doers} of unrighteousness.”
28 There will be lamentation and grinding of teeth when you look upon Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets within the kingdom of God {Theos, Sovereign Ruler}, yet you yourselves will be driven out {ekballo: forcibly expelled}.
29 And they will come from the east and west and from the north and south, and they will recline {anaklithesontai: take seats} in the kingdom of God {Theos, Sovereign King}.
30 And behold {idou: attention-getting call}, some who are last {eschatoi: the lowliest} will be first, and some who are first will be last.
31 In that very hour some Pharisees {Pharisaioi: strict law-keepers} came near Him {Iesous: Threatened Messiah} and said, “Leave and go away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”
32 And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I {Iesous, Steadfast Healer} cast out demons and will accomplish cures {iaseis: restorative healings} today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach completion.’”
33 Nevertheless, it is necessary for Me {Iesous, Obedient Sufferer} to travel today, tomorrow, and the day following, because it is not possible for a prophet {prophetes: God-sent witness} to perish outside Jerusalem.
34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who slay the prophets {prophētas: God-sent messengers} and pelt with stones those dispatched to you—how often I {Iesous, Compassionate Gatherer} have yearned to assemble your children as a hen draws her brood beneath her wings, yet you would not.
35 Behold, your house stands deserted for you, and I say to you, you will certainly not see Me {Iesous, Rejected Messiah} until the time comes when you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord {Kyrios, Covenant Name Bearer}.”