Luke 13:18-35
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Mustard Seeds and Yeast
18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it? 19 He is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the sky roosted in its branches.”
20 He then said, “To what will I compare the kingdom of God? 21 He is like leaven, which a woman took and mixed in a cup. (1) “Until the dough is leavened.”
narrow door
22 He preached from city to city and from village to village, and went on toward Jerusalem. 23 Someone said to Him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?”
he told them, 24 “Try to enter through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to enter and will not be able to enter. 25 Once the master of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ 26 Then you will say, we ate and drank in your presence, and you preached in our streets. 27 And he’ll say, ‘I don’t know where you come from. Go away from me, all you wicked ones.’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you are driven out. 29 People will come from east and west, north and south, and will sit at the table in the Kingdom of God. 30 And consider this: There are some who will be last who will be first, and there who will be first who will be last.”
Jesus warned Jerusalem
31 At that time some Pharisees came to him and said, “Leave it, and go away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”
32 He said to them, “Go tell the fox, ‘Look, today and tomorrow I will cast out demons and heal people, and on the third day I will reach my goal. 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it cannot be that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem!’
34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to it! How often have I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 Look, your house has become desolate for you. I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you will say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'” (2)
