1 En in dieselfde tyd was daar mense teenwoordig wat Hom berig gebring het van die Galil,ërs wie se bloed Pilatus met hulle offers gemeng het.
2 En Jesus antwoord en sê vir hulle: Dink julle dat hierdie Galil,ërs groter sondaars was as al die Galil,ërs, omdat hulle sulke dinge gely het?
3 Nee, sê Ek vir julle; maar as julle jul nie bekeer nie, sal julle almal net so omkom.
4 Of daardie agttien op wie die toring van Siloam geval en hulle gedood het -- dink julle dat hulle meer skuldig was as al die mense wat in Jerusalem woon?
5 Nee, sê Ek vir julle; maar as julle jul nie bekeer nie, sal julle almal net so omkom.
6 En Hy het hierdie gelykenis uitgespreek: 'n Man het 'n vyeboom gehad wat in sy wingerd geplant was, en hy het gekom en vrugte daaraan gesoek en niks gekry nie.
7 Toe sê hy vir die tuinier: Kyk, drie jaar kom ek om vrugte aan hierdie vyeboom te soek en ek kry niks nie; kap hom uit. Waarvoor maak hy die grond nog onvrugbaar?
8 Maar hy antwoord en sê vir hom: Meneer, laat hom nog hierdie jaar staan totdat ek om hom gespit en mis gegooi het.
9 As hy dan vrugte dra, goed; maar so nie, dan kan u hom anderjaar uitkap.
10 En Hy was besig om op die sabbat in een van die sinagoges te leer.
11 En daar was 'n vrou wat 'n gees van krankheid agttien jaar lank gehad het, en sy was inmekaargetrek en glad nie in staat om regop te kom nie.
12 En toe Jesus haar sien, roep Hy haar en sê: Vrou, jy is van jou krankheid verlos.
13 En Hy het haar die hande opgelê, en onmiddellik het sy regop gestaan en God verheerlik.
14 Maar die owerste van die sinagoge, wat verontwaardig was dat Jesus op die sabbat genees het, antwoord en sê vir die skare: Daar is ses dae waarop 'n mens behoort te werk; kom dan op die dae en laat julle genees en nie op die sabbatdag nie.
15 Toe antwoord die Here hom en sê: Jou geveinsde, maak elkeen van julle nie op die sabbat sy os of esel van die krip los en lei hom weg om hom te laat drink nie?
16 Maar hierdie vrou wat 'n dogter van Abraham is, wat die Satan -- dink daaraan! -- agttien jaar lank gebind het, moes sy nie van hierdie band op die sabbatdag verlos word nie?
17 En toe Hy dit sê, het al sy teëstanders beskaamd geword; en die hele skare was bly oor al die heerlike dinge wat deur Hom gebeur het.
18 En Hy het gesê: Hoedanig is die koninkryk van God en waarmee sal Ek dit vergelyk?
19 Dit is soos 'n mosterdsaad wat 'n man geneem en in sy tuin gesaai het; en dit het gegroei en 'n groot boom geword, en die voëls van die hemel het nes gemaak in sy takke.
20 En weer het Hy gesê: Waarmee sal Ek die koninkryk van God vergelyk?
21 Dit is soos suurdeeg wat 'n vrou neem en in drie mate meel inwerk totdat dit heeltemal ingesuur is.
22 En onderwyl Hy geleer het en op reis was na Jerusalem, het Hy stede en dorpe deurgegaan.
23 Toe sê iemand vir Hom: Here, is die wat gered word, min? En Hy antwoord hulle:
24 Stry hard om in te gaan deur die nou poort, want baie, sê Ek vir julle, sal probeer om in te gaan en sal nie in staat wees nie.
25 Wanneer die eienaar van die huis opgestaan en die deur gesluit het, en julle begin buitekant te staan en aan die deur te klop en te sê: Here, Here, maak vir ons oop -- sal Hy antwoord en vir julle sê: Ek ken julle nie waar julle vandaan is nie.
26 Dan sal julle begin sê: Ons het in u teenwoordigheid geëet en gedrink, en U het op ons strate geleer.
27 En Hy sal sê: Ek sê vir julle, Ek ken julle nie waar julle vandaan is nie. Gaan weg van My, al julle werkers van die ongeregtigheid!
28 Daar sal geween wees en gekners van die tande, wanneer julle Abraham en Isak en Jakob en al die profete in die koninkryk van God sal sien, maar julle self uitgedryf buitentoe.
29 En hulle sal kom van oos en wes en van noord en suid en aansit in die koninkryk van God.
30 En daar is laastes wat eerste sal wees, en daar is eerstes wat laaste sal wees.
31 En op dieselfde dag het sommige van die Fariseërs na Hom gekom en vir Hom gesê: Gaan weg en vertrek hiervandaan, want Herodes wil U om die lewe bring.
32 En Hy het vir hulle gesê: Gaan vertel daardie jakkals: Kyk, Ek dryf duiwels uit en maak gesond, vandag en môre , en op die derde dag is Ek klaar.
33 Maar Ek moet vandag en môre en die volgende dag verder gaan, want dit kan nie gebeur dat 'n profeet buitekant Jerusalem omkom nie.
34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, jy wat die profete doodmaak en die wat na jou gestuur is, stenig, hoe dikwels wou Ek jou kinders bymekaarmaak, soos 'n hen haar kuikens onder die vlerke, en julle wou nie.
35 Kyk, julle huis word vir julle woes gelaat. Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle dat julle My sekerlik nie sal sien nie totdat die dag kom wanneer julle sal sê: Geseënd is Hy wat kom in die Naam van die Here!
1 Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.
2 And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?
3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.
4 Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?
5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.
7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?
8 And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.
13 And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.
14 And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.
15 But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?
16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?
17 And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.
18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.
20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
22 And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.
23 And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,
24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
26 Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.
27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.
28 There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.
29 And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.
30 And the last will be first, and the first will be last.
31 At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.
32 And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.
33 But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!
35 Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.