sabbath day.
15
The Lord then answered him, and said,
Thou
hypocrite, doth not each one of you
on the sabbath loose his ox or
his
ass from the stall, and lead
him
away to watering?
16
And ought
not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years,
be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
17
And when he had said these things, all his
adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by
him.
18
Then said he,
Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
19
It
is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed
a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
20
And again he said,
Whereunto
shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures
of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and
journeying toward Jerusalem.
23
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And
he said unto them,
24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall
not be able.
25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye
begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall
answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26
Then shall ye begin to say, We have
eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27
But he shall say, I tell you,
I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all
ye
workers of iniquity.
28
There shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in
the kingdom of God, and you
yourselves
thrust out.
29
And they shall come from the east, and
from
the west, and from the north, and
from
the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30
And,
behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
31
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart
hence: for Herod will kill thee.
32
And he said unto them,
Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast
out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third
day
I shall be perfected.
33
Nevertheless
I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the
day
following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish
out of Jerusalem.
34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are
sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen
doth gather
her
brood under
her
wings, and ye would not!
35
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until
the time
come when ye shall say, Blessed
is
he that
cometh in the name of the Lord.
CHAPTER 14
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the
sabbath day, that they watched him.
2
And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had
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