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Luke - ch 13 v 21 - 35
- It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
- And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.
- And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,
- 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.
- 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.
- Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.
- But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.
- 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.
- 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.
- And the last will be first, and the first will be last.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
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