Popular Bible Verses from Luke 13

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Jesus said to the people there, ‘Do your best to go in through the narrow door. I tell you that many people will want to get in there. But they will not be able to go through it.

There was a woman there who had a bad spirit inside her. It had lived in her for 18 years and it had made her weak. Her back was bent. She could not stand up straight. Jesus saw her and he called her to come to him. He said, ‘Woman, your illness has left you.’

He put his hands on her and immediately she could stand up straight. She praised God.

Listen! At that time, some people that are not important now will become the most important. And some people that are now the most important will not be important then.’

Soon the master of the house will get up and he will shut the door. And then you may still be standing outside the door. You will knock and you will say, “Master, please open the door for us to come in.” But the master will reply, “I do not know you. I do not know where you come from.”

But I tell you, no, they had not. All of you have also done many bad things. So you must change how you live and you must turn to God. If you do not, you will also die as they did.’

But he will tell you, “No! I really do not know you. I do not know where you come from. You have done evil things, so go away from me, all of you!”

Then Jesus said to them, ‘I will tell you a story about the kingdom of God to show what it is like. It is like a very small seed of the mustard plant. A man took this seed and he planted it in his garden. The seed grew and it became a tree. It was so big that birds came and made their nests among its branches.’