MODERN LITERAL VERSION

13:1 Now there were some here at the same time reporting to him concerning the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
13:2 And Jesus answering, said to them, Do you* think that these Galileans became sinners above all the other Galileans, because they have suffered these things?
13:3 I tell you*, No, but, if you* do not repent, you* will all likewise* perish.
13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed, do you* think that these became debtors above all other men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?
13:5 I tell you*, No, but, if you* do not repent, you* will all likewise perish.

13:6 And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it and found none.
13:7 And he said to the vine-dresser, Behold three years, I come seeking fruit and find none in this fig tree. Cut it down. Why does it also do-away-with the good soil?

13:8 And answering, he says to him, Lord, Also leave it this year, until I might dig around it and might put in manure;
13:9 and if it indeed produces fruit in the future, good; otherwise you will cut it down.
{Lk 13:10-17:10; Probably Peraea. This section is not found in the other Gospels, but is similar teaching to a different crowd of people.}

13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
13:11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of sickness for eighteen years, and she was always stooped over and was not able to completely stand-erect.
13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he summoned her and said to her, Woman, you are released from your sickness.
13:13 And he laid his hands upon her and instantly she was straightened and glorified God.

13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which men ought to work; therefore be healed, coming in here these days and not on the day of the Sabbath.

13:15 Therefore the Lord answered him and said, You* hypocrites, does not each one of you* on the Sabbath loose his bull or his donkey from the manger and lead him away to drink?
13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary had bound, behold, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?

13:17 And as he said these things, all who laid in opposition to him were ashamed and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which happened by him.

13:18 And he said, The kingdom of God is similar to what? And what shall I make it similar to?
13:19 It is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the heaven nest in its branches.

13:20 Again he said, The kingdom of God shall be similar to what?
13:21 It is similar to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three three-gallon containers of flour, until it all was leavened.
{Lk 13:22-35; Peraea; Lk 14:1-24 Probably Peraea; Lk 14:25-17:10.}

13:22 And he traveled throughout the cities and villages, teaching and making* his undertaking toward Jerusalem.
13:23 And one said to him, Lord, are they few who are saved?
And he said to them,
13:24 Struggle to enter in through the narrow gate, because I say to you*, Many will seek to enter in and will not be strong-enough.
13:25 From whenever time the householder arose and locked the door and you*, being outside, may begin to stand and to knock on the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
And answering, he will say to you*, I do not know you* or where you* are from.

13:26 Then you* will begin to say, We did eat and drink before you and you did teach in our streets.

13:27 And he will say, I say to you*, I do not know you* or where you* are from. Withdraw from me, everyone– the workers of unrighteousness.
13:28 The weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there, whenever you* see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God and yourselves cast forth outside.
13:29 And they will come from the east and west and the north and south and will recline in the kingdom of God.
13:30 And behold, there are last who will be first and there are first who will be last.

13:31 Some Pharisees came in that same day, saying to him, Go forth and vacate from here, because Herod wishes to kill you*.

13:32 And he said to them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow and I am perfected in the third day.
13:33 However it is essential for me to travel on today and tomorrow and the following day, because it is not acceptable for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wished to have gathered your children together, in the manner a bird gathers her own brood under her wings and you* did not wish for it!
13:35 Behold, your* house is left to you* desolate and I say to you* that you* may never* see me, until the time will come whenever you* say, He who is coming in the name of the Lord is blessed.