Luke 13:22-14:6

New American Standard Bible

Teaching in the Villages

²² And He was passing through one city and village after another, teaching, and ^(A)proceeding on His way to Jerusalem. ²³ And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, ²⁴ “^(B)Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ²⁵ Once the head of the house gets up and ^(C)shuts the door, and you begin standing outside and knocking on the door, saying, ‘^(D)Lord, open up to us!’ and He then will answer and say to you, ‘^(E)I do not know where you are from.’ ²⁶ Then you will ^(F)begin saying, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets!’ ²⁷ And yet He will ^[a]say, ‘^(G)I do not know where you are from; ^(H)leave Me, all you ^[b]evildoers.’ ^28 (I)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out. ²⁹ And they ^(J)will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold, ^(K)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

³¹ At that very time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away and leave this place, because ^(L)Herod wants to kill You.” ³² And He said to them, “Go and tell that ^[c]fox, ‘Behold, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I ^[d](M)reach My goal.’ ³³ Nevertheless ^(N)I must go on My journey today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a ^(O)prophet would perish outside Jerusalem. ^34 (P)Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, ^(Q)just as a hen gathers her ^[e]young under her wings, and you were unwilling! ³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until you say, ‘^(R)Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

14 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the ^[f]leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, ^(S)they were watching Him ^[g]closely. ² And ^[h]there in front of Him was a man suffering from ^[i]edema. ³ And Jesus responded and said to the ^[j](T)lawyers and ^[k]Pharisees, “^(U)Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” ⁴ But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. ⁵ And He said to them, “^[l](V)Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?” ^6 (W)And they could offer no reply to this.