THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE

THE NEW TESTAMENT
TRANSLATED FROM
THE SYRIAC PESHITO VERSION BY JAMES MURDOCK

Chapter 13

(Luk 13:1) And at that time, some came and told him of those Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

(Luk 13:2) And Jesus replied, and said to them: Suppose ye, that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans, because this occurred to them?

(Luk 13:3) No. And I say to you, That all of you also, unless ye repent, will likewise perish.

(Luk 13:4) Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, suppose ye, that they were sinners beyond all the men inhabiting Jerusalem?

(Luk 13:5) No. And I say to you, That except ye repent, ye like them will all of you perish.

(Luk 13:6) And he spoke this similitude: A man had a fig-tree that was planted in his vineyard: and he came, seeking fruits upon it, and found none.

(Luk 13:7) And he said to the cultivator: Lo, these three years, I have come seeking fruits on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down: why should it cumber the ground?

(Luk 13:8) The cultivator said to him: My Lord, spare it this year also, until I shall work about it, and manure it.

(Luk 13:9) And if it bear fruits, [well;] and if not, thou wilt cut it down: why should it live?

(Luk 13:10) And when Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, on the sabbath,

(Luk 13:11) a woman was there who had had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bent over, and could not straighten herself at all.

(Luk 13:12) And Jesus saw her, and called her, and said to her: Woman, thou art released from thy infirmity.

(Luk 13:13) And he put his hand upon her; and immediately she straightened her self up, and glorified God.

(Luk 13:14) And the chief of the synagogue, being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered, and said to the multitude: There are six days, on which it is lawful to work; on them come ye, and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

(Luk 13:15) But Jesus replied, and said to him: Thou hypocrite ! Doth not every one of you, on the sabbath, loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him to water?

(Luk 13:16) And this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom the Calumniator hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

(Luk 13:17) And when he had said these things, all those that stood up against him were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced in all the miracles that were wrought by his hand.

(Luk 13:18) And Jesus said: To what is the kingdom of God like? and with what shall I compare it?

(Luk 13:19) It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a large tree; and a bird of heaven made her nest in its branches.

(Luk 13:20) Jesus said again: With what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

(Luk 13:21) It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three seahs of meal, until the whole was fermented.

(Luk 13:22) And he travelled through the villages and cities, teaching and going towards Jerusalem.

(Luk 13:23) And a person asked him, whether they were few who would have life?

(Luk 13:24) And Jesus said to them: Strive to enter the narrow gate: for I say to you, many will seek to enter, and will not be able.

(Luk 13:25) From the time that the lord of the house shall rise and close the door, then ye will stand without, and knock at the door; and ye will begin to say: Our Lord, our Lord, open to us and he will answer, and say: I tell you, I know you not, whence ye are.

(Luk 13:26) And ye will begin to say: We have eaten and drunken before thee; and thou hast taught in our streets.

(Luk 13:27) And he will say to you: I know you not, whence ye are: depart from me, ye doers of falsehood.

(Luk 13:28) There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God; and yourselves will be thrust out.

(Luk 13:29) And they will come from the east and from the west, and from the south and from the north, and will recline in the kingdom of God.

(Luk 13:30) And lo, there are last that will be first, and there are first that will be last.

(Luk 13:31) On the same day came some of the Pharisees, and said to him: Go, depart hence; for Herod purposeth to kill thee.

(Luk 13:32) Jesus said to them: Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures, to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall be consummated.

(Luk 13:33) But I must labor to-day and to-morrow, and on the following day I will go; because it cannot be, that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.

(Luk 13:34) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee; how many times would I have gathered thy children, as a hen that gathereth her young under her wings, and ye would not?

(Luk 13:35) Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you: Ye will not see me, until ye will say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.