1 Neste mesmo tempo contavam alguns o que tinha acontecido a certos galileus, cujo sangue Pilatos misturara com os seus sacrifícios.
2 Jesus toma a palavra e lhes pergunta: Pensais vós que estes galileus foram maiores pecadores do que todos os outros galileus, por terem sido tratados desse modo?
3 Não, digo-vos. Mas se não vos arrependerdes, perecereis todos do mesmo modo.
4 Ou cuidais que aqueles dezoito homens, sobre os quais caiu a torre de Siloé e os matou, foram mais culpados do que todos os demais habitantes de Jerusalém?
5 Não, digo-vos. Mas se não vos arrependerdes, perecereis todos do mesmo modo.
6 Disse-lhes também esta comparação: Um homem havia plantado uma figueira na sua vinha, e, indo buscar fruto, não o achou.
7 Disse ao viticultor: - Eis que três anos há que venho procurando fruto nesta figueira e não o acho. Corta-a; para que ainda ocupa inutilmente o terreno?
8 Mas o viticultor respondeu: - Senhor, deixa-a ainda este ano; eu lhe cavarei em redor e lhe deitarei adubo.
9 Talvez depois disto dê frutos. Caso contrário, cortá-la-ás.
10 Estava Jesus ensinando na sinagoga em um sábado.
11 Havia ali uma mulher que, havia dezoito anos, era possessa de um espírito que a detinha doente: andava curvada e não podia absolutamente erguer-se.
12 Ao vê-la, Jesus a chamou e disse-lhe: Estás livre da tua doença.
13 Impôs-lhe as mãos e no mesmo instante ela se endireitou, glorificando a Deus.
14 Mas o chefe da sinagoga, indignado de ver que Jesus curava no sábado, disse ao povo: São seis os dias em que se deve trabalhar; vinde, pois, nestes dias para vos curar, mas não em dia de sábado.
15 Hipócritas!, disse-lhes o Senhor. Não desamarra cada um de vós no sábado o seu boi ou o seu jumento da manjedoura, para os levar a beber?
16 Esta filha de Abraão, que Satanás paralisava há dezoito anos, não devia ser livre desta prisão, em dia de sábado?
17 Ao proferir estas palavras, todos os seus adversários se encheram de confusão, ao passo que todo o povo, à vista de todos os milagres que ele realizava, se entusiasmava.
18 Jesus dizia ainda: A que é semelhante o Reino de Deus, e a que o compararei?
19 É semelhante ao grão de mostarda que um homem tomou e semeou na sua horta, e que cresceu até se fazer uma grande planta e as aves do céu vieram fazer ninhos nos seus ramos.
20 Disse ainda: A que direi que é semelhante o Reino de Deus?
21 É semelhante ao fermento que uma mulher tomou e misturou em três medidas de farinha e toda a massa ficou levedada.
22 Sempre em caminho para Jerusalém, Jesus ia atravessando cidades e aldeias e nelas ensinava.
23 Alguém lhe perguntou: Senhor, são poucos os homens que se salvam? Ele respondeu:
24 Procurai entrar pela porta estreita; porque, digo-vos, muitos procurarão entrar e não o conseguirão.
25 Quando o pai de família tiver entrado e fechado a porta, e vós, de fora, começardes a bater à porta, dizendo: Senhor, Senhor, abre-nos, ele responderá: Digo-vos que não sei de onde sois.
26 Direis então: Comemos e bebemos contigo e tu ensinaste em nossas praças.
27 Ele, porém, vos dirá: Não sei de onde sois; apartai-vos de mim todos vós que sois malfeitores.
28 Ali haverá choro e ranger de dentes, quando virdes Abraão, Isaac, Jacó e todos os profetas no Reino de Deus, e vós serdes lançados para fora.
29 Virão do oriente e do ocidente, do norte e do sul, e sentar-se-ão à mesa no Reino de Deus.
30 Há últimos que serão os primeiros, e há primeiros que serão os últimos.
31 No mesmo dia chegaram alguns dos fariseus, dizendo a Jesus: Sai e vai-te daqui, porque Herodes te quer matar.
32 Disse-lhes ele: Ide dizer a essa raposa: eis que expulso demônios e faço curas hoje e amanhã; e ao terceiro dia terminarei a minha vida.
33 É necessário, todavia, que eu caminhe hoje, amanhã e depois de amanhã, porque não é admissível que um profeta morra fora de Jerusalém.
34 Jerusalém, Jerusalém, que matas os profetas e apedrejas os enviados de Deus, quantas vezes quis ajuntar os teus filhos, como a galinha abriga a sua ninhada debaixo das asas, mas não o quiseste!
35 Eis que vos ficará deserta a vossa casa. Digo-vos, porém, que não me vereis até que venha o dia em que digais: Bendito o que vem em nome do Senhor!
1 Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.
2 And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?
3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.
4 Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?
5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.
7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?
8 And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.
13 And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.
14 And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.
15 But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?
16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?
17 And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.
18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.
20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
22 And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.
23 And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,
24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
26 Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.
27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.
28 There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.
29 And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.
30 And the last will be first, and the first will be last.
31 At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.
32 And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.
33 But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!
35 Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.