At this time some men came and told Jesus about the Galilaeans whose
blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. "Do you think," he
answered, "that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans
because this happened to them? I ten you, No! But unless you repent
you will all perish in li... [ Continue Reading ]
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus spoke this parable, "A man had a fig-tree planted in his
vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and did not find it. He said
to the keeper of the vineyard, 'Look you--for the last three years I
have been coming and looking for fruit on this fig-tree, and I still
am not finding any. Cut it d... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath; and--look
you--there was a woman there who had a spirit of weakness for eighteen
years. She was bent together and could not straighten up properly.
When Jesus saw her he called her to him. "Woman, he said, "you are set
free from your weakne... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jesus said to them, "To what is the kingdom of God like, and to
what will I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a
man took and cast into his garden; and it grew until it became a tree,
and the birds of the air found a lodging in its branches."
This is an illustration which Jesu... [ Continue Reading ]
Again Jesus said, "To what will I liken the kingdom of God? It is like
leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until
the whole was leavened."
This is an illustration which Jesus took from his own home. In those
days bread was baked at home. Leaven was a little piece of dough w... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus continued to go through towns and villages, teaching and making
his way to Jerusalem. "Lord, someone said to him, "are those who are
to be saved few in number?" He said to them, "Keep on striving to
enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to
enter in and will not be... [ Continue Reading ]
At that hour some Pharisees came to Jesus. "Depart, they said to him,
"and get on your way from this place, because Herod is out to kill
you." "Go, he said, "and tell that fox, look you, I cast out demons
and I work cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work is
perfected. I must be on my... [ Continue Reading ]