FRAMEWORKS:
Luke's Gospel, Chapter 13
For
preliminaries see chapter 1
v.1-5
Guilt & Death
v.6-9
Parable of the Fig Tree
v.10-17
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath
v.18-21
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
v.22-30
The Narrow Door
v.31-35
Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem
v.1-5
Guilt & Death
v.1
(some imply
some Galileans who died at Roman hands had been bigger sinners)
Now there were some present at that
time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had
mixed with their sacrifices.
v.2
(they were no
were than any others, he replies) Jesus
answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners
than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
v.3
(repentance
is the only issue that will save any of you) I
tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
v.4
(those killed
in that tower collapse were no worse either) Or
those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do
you think they were more guilty than all the others living in
Jerusalem?
v.5
(no, I say again
repentance is the issue for all of you) I
tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
v.6-9
Parable of the Fig Tree
v.6
(a man had a
fig tree that bore no fruit) Then
he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard,
and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
v.7
(having been
looking for three years he determined to cut it down) So
he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years
now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't
found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'
v.8
(his manager
suggested one more year's reprieve) “‘Sir,'
the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig
around it and fertilize it.
v.9
(OK, just one
more year) If it bears fruit
next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.'”
v.10-17
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath
v.10,11
(while teaching
in a synagogue Jesus sees a crippled woman) On
a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman
was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years.
She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
v.12
(he declares
freedom for her) When Jesus
saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are
set free from your infirmity.”
v.13
(she is healed)
Then he put his hands on her, and
immediately she straightened up and praised God.
v.14
(the callous
synagogue leader is offended) Indignant
because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader
said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and
be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”
v.15
(Jesus turned
on them pointing out they would each care for their ox on the
Sabbath) The Lord answered him,
“You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie your
ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?
v.16
(then is it
worse to free this poor woman) Then
should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept
bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day
from what bound her?”
v.17
(they were shamed)
When he said this, all his opponents
were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful
things he was doing.
v.18-21
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
v.18
(he asked about
the kingdom of God) Then Jesus
asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare
it to?
v.19
(and likened
it to a tiny mustard see that grows into a tree) It
is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden.
It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.”
v.20
(again he asks)
Again he asked, “What shall I compare
the kingdom of God to?
v.21
(it's like yeast
I the dough that works its way through the whole dough) It
is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds
of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
v.22-30
The Narrow Door
v.22
(on
his way to Jerusalem he teaches in every town and village)
Then Jesus went through the towns
and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.
v.23
(someone asked
how many will be saved) Someone
asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He
said to them,
v.24
(it's a narrow
door, he replies, and do all will be able to enter) “Make
every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I
tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
v.25
(once the door
is shut some will be shut outside) Once
the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand
outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.' “But
he will answer, ‘I don't know you or where you come from.'
v.26
(they will make
excuses) “Then you will say,
‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
v.27
(but the owner
will deny knowing them) “But
he will reply, ‘I don't know you or where you come from. Away
from me, all you evildoers!'
v.28
(there will
be much anguish when the faithless are shut out) “There
will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but
you yourselves thrown out.
v.29
(many from all
over the world will come and enter) People
will come from east and west and north and south, and will take
their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.
v.30
(those you might
expect to be last will be first in line and vice-versa) Indeed
there are those who are last who will be first, and first who
will be last.”
v.31-35
Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem
v.31
(Pharisees tried
to make him leave) At that time
some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place
and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”
v.32
(he resisted)
He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I
will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow,
and on the third day I will reach my goal.'
v.33
(he can't die
outside Jerusalem) In any case,
I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely
no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
v.34
(how often God
had yearned to draw the people of Jerusalem to Himself) “Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a
hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
v.35
(yet they have
rejected Him) Look, your house
is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again
until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'
[Psa 118:26]”