Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Turn from Your Sins or Die
1 At that time some people
were there who told Jesus
about the Galileans whom Pilate had
killed while they were offering sacrifices
to God.
2 Jesus answered them,
“Because those Galileans were
killed in that way, do you think it
proves that they were worse sinners
than all other Galileans?
3 No indeed!
And I tell you that if you do not turn
from your sins, you will all die as
they did.
4 What about those eighteen
people in Siloam who were
killed when the tower fell on them?
Do you suppose this proves that
they were worse than all the other
people living in Jerusalem?
5 No indeed!
And I tell you that if you do
not turn from your sins, you will all
die as they did.”
The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree
6 Then Jesus told them this parable:
“There was once a man who
had a fig tree growing in his vineyard.
He went looking for figs on it
but found none.
7 So he said to his
gardener, ‘Look, for three years I
have been coming here looking for
figs on this fig tree, and I haven't
found any. Cut it down! Why should
it go on using up the soil?’
8 But the
gardener answered, ‘Leave it alone,
sir, just one more year; I will dig
around it and put in some fertilizer.
9 Then if the tree bears figs next
year, so much the better; if not, then
you can have it cut down.’”
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman
on the Sabbath
10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching
in a synagogue.
11 A woman there
had an evil spirit that had kept her
sick for eighteen years; she was bent
over and could not straighten up at
all.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called
out to her, “Woman, you are free
from your sickness!”
13 He placed his
hands on her, and at once she
straightened herself up and praised
God.
14 The official of the synagogue
was angry that Jesus had healed on
the Sabbath, so he spoke up and said
to the people, “There are six days in
which we should work; so come during
those days and be healed, but
not on the Sabbath!” note
15 The Lord answered him, “You
-- --
hypocrites! Any one of you would
untie his ox or his donkey from the
stall and take it out to give it water
on the Sabbath.
16 Now here is this
descendant of Abraham whom Satan
has kept in bonds for eighteen
years; should she not be released on
the Sabbath?”
17 His answer made
his enemies ashamed of themselves,
while the people rejoiced over all the
wonderful things that he did.
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
(Matthew 13.31–32; Mark 4.30–32)
18 Jesus asked, “What is the Kingdom
of God like? What shall I compare
it with?
19 It is like this. A man
takes a mustard seed and plants it in
his field. The plant grows and becomes
a tree, and the birds make
their nests in its branches.”
The Parable of the Yeast
(Matthew 13.33)
20 Again Jesus asked, “What shall I
compare the Kingdom of God with?
21 It is like this. A woman takes some
yeast and mixes it with a bushel of
flour until the whole batch of dough
rises.”
The Narrow Door
(Matthew 7.13–14, 21–23)
22 Jesus went through towns and
villages, teaching the people and
making his way toward Jerusalem.
23 Someone asked him, “Sir, will just
a few people be saved?”
23 Jesus answered them,
24 “Do your
best to go in through the narrow
door; because many people will
surely try to go in but will not be
able.
25 The master of the house will
get up and close the door; then when
you stand outside and begin to
knock on the door and say, ‘Open
the door for us, sir!’ he will answer
you, ‘I don't know where you come
from!’
26 Then you will answer, ‘We
ate and drank with you; you taught
in our town!’
27 But he will say again,
‘I don't know where you come from.
Get away from me, all you wicked
people!’ note
28 How you will cry and
gnash your teeth when you see
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all
the prophets in the Kingdom of God,
while you are thrown out! note
29 People
will come from the east and the
west, from the north and the south,
and sit down at the feast in the Kingdom
of God. note
30 Then those who are
now last will be first, and those who
are now first will be last.” note
Jesus' Love for Jerusalem
(Matthew 23.37–39)
31 At that same time some Pharisees
came to Jesus and said to him,
“You must get out of here and go
somewhere else, because Herod
wants to kill you.”
32 Jesus answered them, “Go and
tell that fox: ‘I am driving out demons
and performing cures today
and tomorrow, and on the third day I
shall finish my work.’
33 Yet I must
be on my way today, tomorrow, and
the next day; it is not right for a
prophet to be killed anywhere except
in Jerusalem.
34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill
the prophets, you stone the messengers
God has sent you! How many
times I wanted to put my arms
around all your people, just as a hen
gathers her chicks under her wings,
but you would not let me! note
35 And so
your Temple will be abandoned. I assure
you that you will not see me until
the time comes when you say,
‘God bless him who comes in the
name of the Lord.’” note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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