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The Four Gospels Chapter 13

Chapter 57 of 89

Canonical reference Luke 13

English

World English Bible editorial project · World English Bible, Catholic book order (2020)

1. Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
2. Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
3. I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
4. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them - do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
5. I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
6. He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
7. He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down! Why does it waste the soil?’
8. He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
9. If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
10. He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11. Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and could in no way straighten herself up.
12. When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
13. He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
14. The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
15. Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water?
16. Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
17. As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18. He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
19. It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
20. Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?
21. It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
22. He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
23. One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,
24. “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
25. When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
26. Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
27. He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
28. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside.
29. They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.
30. Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”
31. On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”
32. He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
33. Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.’
34. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
35. Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

French

Fraternite de Tiberiade · Sainte Bible neo-Crampon Libre (2022)

1. En ce même temps, quelques-uns vinrent raconter à Jésus ce qui était arrivé aux Galiléens, dont Pilate avait mêlé le sang avec celui deleurs sacrifices.
2. Il leur répondit : « Pensez-vous que ces Galiléens fussent de plus grands pécheurs que tous les autres Galiléens, pour avoir souffert de la sorte ?
3. Non, je vous le dis ; mais si vous ne vous repentez, vous périrez tous comme eux.
4. Ou bien ces dix-huit sur qui tomba la tour de Siloé, et qu’elle tua, pensez-vous que leur dette fût plus grande que celle de tous les autres habitants de Jérusalem ?
5. Non, je vous le dis ; mais si vous ne vous repentez, vous périrez tous de même. »
6. Il dit aussi cette parabole : « Un homme avait un figuier planté dans sa vigne ; il vint pour y chercher des fruits, et n’en trouvant pas,
7. il dit au vigneron : Voilà trois ans que je viens chercher du fruit à ce figuier, et je n’en trouve pas ; coupe-le donc : pourquoi rend-il la terre improductive ?
8. Le vigneron lui répondit : Seigneur, laissez-le encore cette année, jusqu’à ce que j’aie creusé et mis du fumier tout autour.
9. Peut-être portera-t-il du fruit ensuite ; sinon, vous le couperez. »
10. Jésus enseignait dans une synagogue un jour de sabbat.
11. Or, il y avait là une femme possédée depuis dix-huit ans d’un esprit qui la rendait infirme : elle était courbée, et ne pouvait absolument pas se redresser.
12. L’ayant vue, Jésus l’appela et lui dit : « Femme, tu es délivrée de ton infirmité. »
13. Et il lui imposa les mains ; aussitôt elle se redressa, et elle glorifiait Dieu.
14. Mais le chef de synagogue, indigné de ce que Jésus avait fait cette guérison un jour de sabbat, prit la parole et dit au peuple : « Il y a six jours pour travailler, venez donc vous faire guérir ces jours-là et non pas le jour du sabbat. - 15. Hypocrite, lui répondit le Seigneur, est-ce que chacun de vous, le jour du sabbat, ne détache pas de la crèche son bœuf ou son âne, pour le mener boire ?
16. Et cette fille d’Abraham, que Satan tenait liée depuis dix-huit ans, il ne fallait pas la délivrer de cette chaîne le jour du sabbat ! »
17. Pendant qu’il parlait ainsi, tous ses adversaires étaient couverts de confusion, et tout le peuple était ravi de toutes les choses merveilleuses qu’il accomplissait.
18. Il disait encore : « À quoi le royaume de Dieu est-il semblable, et à quoi le comparerai-je ?
19. Il est semblable à un grain de sénevé qu’un homme prit et jeta dans son jardin ; il poussa et il devint un arbre, et les oiseaux du ciel firent leur demeure dans ses rameaux. »
20. Il dit encore : « À quoi comparerai-je le royaume de Dieu ?
21. Il est semblable au levain qu’une femme prend et mêle dans trois mesures de farine, de façon à faire lever toute la pâte. »
22. Il allait donc par les villes et les villages, enseignant et s’avançant vers Jérusalem.
23. Quelqu’un lui demanda : « Seigneur, n’y aura-t-il qu’un petit nombre de sauvés ? » Il leur dit :
24. « Efforcez-vous d’entrer par la porte étroite ; car beaucoup, je vous le dis, chercheront à entrer, et ne le pourront pas.
25. Une fois que le père de famille se sera levé et aura fermé la porte, si vous êtes dehors et que vous vous mettiez à frapper, en disant : Seigneur, ouvrez-nous ! Il vous répondra : Je ne sais d’où vous êtes.
26. Alors vous vous mettrez à dire : Nous avons mangé et bu devant vous, et vous avez enseigné dans nos places publiques.
27. Et il vous répondra : Je vous le dis, je ne sais d’où vous êtes ; retirez-vous de moi, vous tous, ouvriers d’iniquités.
28. C’est alors qu’il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents, lorsque vous verrez Abraham, Isaac et Jacob, et tous les prophètes dans le royaume de Dieu, tandis que vous serez jetés dehors.
29. Il en viendra de l’Orient et de l’Occident, de l’Aquilon et du Midi ; et ils prendront place au banquet dans le royaume de Dieu.
30. Et tels sont les derniers, qui seront les premiers ; et tels sont les premiers, qui seront les derniers. »
31. Le même jour, quelques Pharisiens vinrent lui dire : « Retire-toi et pars d’ici ; car Hérode veut te faire mourir. »
32. Il leur répondit : « Allez et dites à ce renard : Je chasse les démons et guéris les malades aujourd’hui et demain , et le troisième jour j’aurai fini.
33. Seulement il faut que je poursuive ma route aujourd’hui, et demain, et le jour suivant ; car il ne convient pas qu’un prophète meure hors de Jérusalem.
34. Jérusalem, Jérusalem, qui tues les prophètes, et lapide ceux qui sont envoyés vers elle ! Combien de fois j’ai voulu rassembler tes enfants comme la poule rassemble sa couvée sous ses ailes, et tu ne l’as pas voulu !
35. Voici que ta maison va t’être laissée. Je te le dis, tu ne me verras plus, jusqu’à ce que vienne le jour où tu diras : Béni soit celui qui vient au nom du Seigneur !»

Latin

Biblia Vulgata Clementina (1598), Migne witness (1880)

1. Aderant autem quidam ipso in tempore, nuntiantes illi de Galilæis, quorum sanguinem Pilatus miscuit cum sacrificiis eorum.
2. Et respondens dixit illis: Putatis quod hi Galilæi præ omnibus Galilæis peccatores fuerint, quia talia passi sunt?
3. Non, dico vobis: sed nisi pœnitentiam habueritis, omnes similiter peribitis.
4. Sicut illi decem et octo, supra quos cecidit turris in Siloë, et occidit eos: putatis quia et ipsi debitores fuerint præter omnes homines habitantes in Jerusalem?
5. Non, dico vobis: sed si pœnitentiam non egeritis, omnes similiter peribitis.
6. Dicebat autem et hanc similitudinem: Arborem fici habebat quidam plantatam in vinea sua, et venit quærens fructum in illa, et non invenit.
7. Dixit autem ad cultorem vineæ: Ecce anni tres sunt ex quo venio quærens fructum in ficulnea hac, et non invenio: succide ergo illam: ut quid etiam terram occupat?
8. At ille respondens, dicit illi: Domine dimitte illam et hoc anno, usque dum fodiam circa illam, et mittam stercora,
9. et siquidem fecerit fructum: sin autem, in futurum succides eam.
10. Erat autem docens in synagoga eorum sabbatis.
11. Et ecce mulier, quæ habebat spiritum infirmitatis annis decem et octo: et erat inclinata, nec omnino poterat sursum respicere.
12. Quam cum videret Jesus, vocavit eam ad se, et ait illi: Mulier, dimissa es ab infirmitate tua.
13. Et imposuit illi manus, et confestim erecta est, et glorificabat Deum.
14. Respondens autem archisynagogus, indignans quia sabbato curasset Jesus, dicebat turbæ: Sex dies sunt in quibus oportet operari: in his ergo venite, et curamini, et non in die sabbati.
15. Respondens autem ad illum Dominus, dixit: Hypocritæ, unusquisque vestrum sabbato non solvit bovem suum, aut asinum a præsepio, et ducit adaquare?
16. Hanc autem filiam Abrahæ, quam alligavit Satanas, ecce decem et octo annis, non oportuit solvi a vinculo isto die sabbati?
17. Et cum hæc diceret, erubescebant omnes adversarii ejus: et omnis populus gaudebat in universis, quæ gloriose fiebant ab eo.
18. Dicebat ergo: Cui simile est regnum Dei, et cui simile æstimabo illud?
19. Simile est grano sinapis, quod acceptum homo misit in hortum suum, et crevit, et factum est in arborem magnam: et volucres cæli requieverunt in ramis ejus.
20. Et iterum dixit: Cui simile æstimabo regnum Dei?
21. Simile est fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinæ sata tria, donec fermentaretur totum.
22. Et ibat per civitates et castella, docens, et iter faciens in Jerusalem.
23. Ait autem illi quidam: Domine, si pauci sunt, qui salvantur? Ipse autem dixit ad illos:
24. Contendite intrare per angustam portam: quia multi, dico vobis, quærent intrare, et non poterunt.
25. Cum autem intraverit paterfamilias, et clauserit ostium, incipietis foris stare, et pulsare ostium, dicentes: Domine, aperi nobis: et respondens dicet vobis: Nescio vos unde sitis:
26. tunc incipietis dicere: Manducavimus coram te, et bibimus, et in plateis nostris docuisti.
27. Et dicet vobis: Nescio vos unde sitis: discedite a me omnes operarii iniquitatis.
28. Ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium: cum videritis Abraham, et Isaac, et Jacob, et omnes prophetas in regno Dei, vos autem expelli foras.
29. Et venient ab oriente, et occidente, et aquilone, et austro, et accumbent in regno Dei.
30. Et ecce sunt novissimi qui erunt primi, et sunt primi qui erunt novissimi.
31. In ipsa die accesserunt quidam pharisæorum, dicentes illi: Exi, et vade hinc: quia Herodes vult te occidere.
32. Et ait illis: Ite, et dicite vulpi illi: Ecce ejicio dæmonia, et sanitates perficio hodie, et cras, et tertia die consummor.
33. Verumtamen oportet me hodie et cras et sequenti die ambulare: quia non capit prophetam perire extra Jerusalem.
34. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, quæ occidis prophetas, et lapidas eos qui mittuntur ad te, quoties volui congregare filios tuos quemadmodum avis nidum suum sub pennis, et noluisti?
35. Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta. Dico autem vobis, quia non videbitis me donec veniat cum dicetis: Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

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  1. Verse 1Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
  2. Verse 2Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered su…
  3. Verse 3I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
  4. Verse 4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them - do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men w…
  5. Verse 5I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
  6. Verse 6He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
  7. Verse 7He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it do…
  8. Verse 8He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
  9. Verse 9If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
  10. Verse 10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
  11. Verse 11Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and could in no way straighten herself …
  12. Verse 12When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
  13. Verse 13He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
  14. Verse 14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days i…
  15. Verse 15Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath…
  16. Verse 16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sab…
  17. Verse 17As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that w…
  18. Verse 18He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
  19. Verse 19It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of …
  20. Verse 20Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?
  21. Verse 21It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
  22. Verse 22He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
  23. Verse 23One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,
  24. Verse 24“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
  25. Verse 25When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, sa…
  26. Verse 26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
  27. Verse 27He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
  28. Verse 28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourse…
  29. Verse 29They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.
  30. Verse 30Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”
  31. Verse 31On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”
  32. Verse 32He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I comp…
  33. Verse 33Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet would perish outside of Jeru…
  34. Verse 34“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your childre…
  35. Verse 35Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name o…

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