WEBVTT 00:00:00.999 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.060 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:09.060 --> 00:00:14.019 of Luke, chapters 11 through 13. Chapter 11 Now 00:00:14.019 --> 00:00:16.500 it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:19.100 place, when he ceased, that one of his disciples 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:21.940 said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John 00:00:21.940 --> 00:00:24.960 also taught his disciples. So he said to them, 00:00:25.019 --> 00:00:28.780 When you pray, say, Our Father in heaven, hallowed 00:00:28.780 --> 00:00:31.550 be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be 00:00:31.550 --> 00:00:34.710 done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us day 00:00:34.710 --> 00:00:37.530 by day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins. 00:00:37.770 --> 00:00:40.750 For we also forgive everyone who is indebted 00:00:40.750 --> 00:00:43.869 to us. And do not lead us into temptation, but 00:00:43.869 --> 00:00:46.549 deliver us from the evil one. And he said to 00:00:46.549 --> 00:00:49.530 them, Which of you shall have a friend, and go 00:00:49.530 --> 00:00:52.609 to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend 00:00:52.609 --> 00:00:55.289 me three loaves. For a friend of mine has come 00:00:55.289 --> 00:00:57.750 to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set 00:00:57.750 --> 00:01:00.560 before him. And he will answer from within and 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.299 say, Do not trouble me, the door is now shut, 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:05.879 and my children are with me in bed. I cannot 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:09.060 rise and give to you. I say to you, though he 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:11.420 will not rise and give to him, because he is 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:14.439 his friend, yet because of his persistence he 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.879 will rise and give him as many as he needs. So 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:20.040 I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.060 Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be 00:01:23.060 --> 00:01:25.780 opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives, 00:01:26.060 --> 00:01:29.170 and he who seeks, finds. and to him who knocks 00:01:29.170 --> 00:01:32.930 it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from 00:01:32.930 --> 00:01:35.670 any father among you, will he give him a stone? 00:01:35.890 --> 00:01:38.790 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a 00:01:38.790 --> 00:01:41.469 serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for 00:01:41.469 --> 00:01:44.849 an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you 00:01:44.849 --> 00:01:47.930 then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 00:01:47.930 --> 00:01:51.069 to your children, how much more will your heavenly 00:01:51.069 --> 00:01:53.750 Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask 00:01:53.750 --> 00:01:57.019 Him? And he was casting out a demon, and it was 00:01:57.019 --> 00:02:00.180 mute. So it was when the demon had gone out that 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:02.780 the mute spoke, and the multitudes marveled. 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:05.459 But some of them said, He casts out demons by 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:08.379 Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons. Others, testing 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:11.360 him, sought from him a sign from heaven. But 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:14.340 he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every 00:02:14.340 --> 00:02:16.580 kingdom divided against itself is brought to 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:19.240 desolation, and a house divided against a house 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.039 falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, 00:02:23.629 --> 00:02:26.090 How will his kingdom stand? Because you say, 00:02:26.129 --> 00:02:28.870 I cast out demons by Beelzebub. And if I cast 00:02:28.870 --> 00:02:31.689 out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons 00:02:31.689 --> 00:02:35.750 cast them out? Therefore, they will be your judges. 00:02:36.069 --> 00:02:38.789 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, 00:02:39.050 --> 00:02:41.770 surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 00:02:42.129 --> 00:02:45.210 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own 00:02:45.210 --> 00:02:48.569 palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger 00:02:48.569 --> 00:02:51.560 than he comes upon him and overcomes him, He 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.120 takes from him all his armor in which he trusted 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.780 and divides his spoils. He who is not with me 00:02:57.780 --> 00:03:00.599 is against me, and he who does not gather with 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:04.180 me scatters. When an unclean spirit goes out 00:03:04.180 --> 00:03:07.039 of a man, he goes through dry places seeking 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:10.319 rest, and finding none, he says, I will return 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.000 to my house from which I came. And when he comes, 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:16.360 he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.659 and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked 00:03:19.659 --> 00:03:22.080 than himself. and they enter and dwell there 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:25.740 and the last state of that man is worse than 00:03:25.740 --> 00:03:28.560 the first and it happened as he spoke these things 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.139 that a certain woman from the crowd raised her 00:03:31.139 --> 00:03:33.620 voice and said to him blessed is the womb that 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:36.259 bore you and the breasts which nursed you and 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:39.180 he said more than that blessed are those who 00:03:39.180 --> 00:03:42.539 hear the word of god and keep it and while the 00:03:42.539 --> 00:03:45.120 crowds were thickly gathered together he began 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:48.830 to say this is an evil generation it seeks a 00:03:48.830 --> 00:03:51.909 sign and no sign will be given to it except the 00:03:51.909 --> 00:03:54.909 sign of jonah the prophet for as jonah became 00:03:54.909 --> 00:03:57.969 a sign to the ninevites so also the son of man 00:03:57.969 --> 00:04:01.189 will be to this generation the queen of the south 00:04:01.189 --> 00:04:03.930 will rise up in the judgment with the men of 00:04:03.930 --> 00:04:06.669 this generation and condemn them for she came 00:04:06.669 --> 00:04:08.889 from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom 00:04:08.889 --> 00:04:12.090 of solomon and indeed a greater than solomon 00:04:12.090 --> 00:04:15.379 is here The men of Nineveh will rise up in the 00:04:15.379 --> 00:04:18.120 judgment with this generation and condemn it. 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:20.800 For they repented at the preaching of Jonah, 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:24.660 and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. No one 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:27.279 when he has lit a lamp puts it in a secret place 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.300 or under a basket, but on a lampstand that those 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:33.220 who come in may see the light. The lamp of the 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:36.160 body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.819 good, your whole body also is full of light. 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:41.879 But when your eye is bad, your body also is full 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.259 of darkness. Therefore take heed that the light 00:04:44.259 --> 00:04:47.220 which is in you is not darkness. If then your 00:04:47.220 --> 00:04:50.220 whole body is full of light, having no part dark, 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.439 the whole body will be full of light, as when 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:55.639 the bright shining of a lamp gives you light. 00:04:56.220 --> 00:04:58.839 And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.579 to dine with him. So he went in and sat down 00:05:01.579 --> 00:05:04.100 to eat. When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:06.939 that he had not first washed before dinner. Then 00:05:06.939 --> 00:05:09.420 the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make 00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:12.160 the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.000 inward parts is full of greed and wickedness, 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:18.420 foolish ones. Did not he who made the outside 00:05:18.420 --> 00:05:21.920 make the inside also? But rather give alms to 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.259 such things as you have, then indeed all things 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:29.160 are clean to you. But woe to you Pharisees, for 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:32.100 you tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs, 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:53.329 and pass by justice and the love of God. Then 00:05:53.329 --> 00:05:55.449 one of the lawyers answered and said to him, 00:05:55.529 --> 00:05:58.110 Teacher, by saying these things, you reproach 00:05:58.110 --> 00:06:01.350 us also. And he said, Woe to you also, lawyers, 00:06:01.529 --> 00:06:04.600 for you load men with burdens hard to hear, and 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:06.800 you yourselves do not touch the burdens with 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.459 one of your fingers. Woe to you, for you built 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:12.060 the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:14.879 them. In fact, you bear witness that you approve 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:17.620 the deeds of your fathers, for they indeed killed 00:06:17.620 --> 00:06:20.920 them, and you built their tombs. Therefore the 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:23.819 wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:26.399 and apostles, and some of them they will kill 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:29.120 and persecute, that the blood of all the prophets 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:32.019 which was shed from the foundation of the world 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:35.319 may be required of this generation, from the 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:38.339 blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who 00:06:38.339 --> 00:06:41.019 perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, 00:06:41.019 --> 00:06:44.040 I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:47.139 Woe to you, lawyers, for you have taken away 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:49.879 the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, 00:06:50.220 --> 00:06:52.779 and those who were entering in you hindered. 00:06:52.899 --> 00:06:55.689 And as he said these things to them, The scribes 00:06:55.689 --> 00:06:58.370 and the Pharisees began to assail him vehemently, 00:06:58.370 --> 00:07:00.589 and to cross -examine him about many things, 00:07:00.790 --> 00:07:03.529 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him 00:07:03.529 --> 00:07:06.209 in something he might say that they might accuse 00:07:06.209 --> 00:07:12.750 him. In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude 00:07:12.750 --> 00:07:15.449 of people had gathered together, so that they 00:07:15.449 --> 00:07:18.009 trampled one another, he began to say to his 00:07:18.009 --> 00:07:38.529 disciples first of all, And I say to you, my 00:07:38.529 --> 00:07:41.129 friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the 00:07:41.129 --> 00:07:44.230 body and after that have no more that they can 00:07:44.230 --> 00:07:47.089 do. But I will show you whom you should fear. 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:50.680 fear him who after he has killed has the power 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:54.860 to cast into hell yes i say to you fear him are 00:07:54.860 --> 00:07:58.199 not five sparrows sold for two copper coins and 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:00.819 not one of them is forgotten before god but the 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:03.879 very hairs of your head are all numbered do not 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:06.980 fear therefore you are of more value than many 00:08:06.980 --> 00:08:10.240 sparrows also i say to you whoever confesses 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:13.660 me before men The Son of Man also will confess 00:08:13.660 --> 00:08:16.579 before the angels of God. But he who denies me 00:08:16.579 --> 00:08:19.100 before men will be denied before the angels of 00:08:19.100 --> 00:08:21.939 God. And anyone who speaks a word against the 00:08:21.939 --> 00:08:24.819 Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But to him 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:27.459 who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:30.259 not be forgiven. Now when they bring you to the 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:33.019 synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:35.360 not worry about how or what you should answer 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:37.980 or what you should say. For the Holy Spirit will 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:40.639 teach you in that very hour what you ought to 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.919 say. Then one from the crowd said to him, Teacher, 00:08:44.179 --> 00:08:46.740 tell my brother to divide the inheritance with 00:08:46.740 --> 00:08:50.000 me. But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.840 or an arbiter over you? And he said to them, 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:55.980 Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's 00:08:55.980 --> 00:08:58.779 life does not consist in the abundance of the 00:08:58.779 --> 00:09:01.320 things he possesses. Then he spoke a parable 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.740 to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:06.240 man yielded plentifully. And he thought within 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.929 himself, saying, What shall I do? since I have 00:09:08.929 --> 00:09:12.110 no room to store my crops. So he said, I will 00:09:12.110 --> 00:09:14.789 do this, I will pull down my barns and build 00:09:14.789 --> 00:09:17.690 greater, and there I will store all my crops 00:09:17.690 --> 00:09:20.809 and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, 00:09:21.009 --> 00:09:24.590 you have many goods laid up for many years. Take 00:09:24.590 --> 00:09:28.629 your ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God 00:09:28.629 --> 00:09:31.549 said to him, Fool, this night your soul will 00:09:31.549 --> 00:09:34.629 be required of you. Then whose will those things 00:09:34.629 --> 00:09:38.090 be which you have provided? So is he who lays 00:09:38.090 --> 00:09:41.129 up treasure for himself and is not rich toward 00:09:41.129 --> 00:09:44.450 God. Then he said to his disciples, Therefore 00:09:44.450 --> 00:09:47.629 I say to you, do not worry about your life, what 00:09:47.629 --> 00:09:50.470 you will eat, nor about the body, what you will 00:09:50.470 --> 00:09:53.529 put on. Life is more than food, and the body 00:09:53.529 --> 00:09:56.409 is more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for 00:09:56.409 --> 00:09:59.350 they neither sow nor reap, which have neither 00:09:59.350 --> 00:10:03.289 storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. Of how 00:10:03.289 --> 00:10:06.230 much more value are you? than the birds? And 00:10:06.230 --> 00:10:08.490 which of you, by worrying, can add one cubit 00:10:08.490 --> 00:10:11.610 to his stature? If you, then, are not able to 00:10:11.610 --> 00:10:14.309 do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? 00:10:14.830 --> 00:10:17.470 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither 00:10:17.470 --> 00:10:20.730 toil nor spin. And yet I say to you, even Solomon 00:10:20.730 --> 00:10:23.230 in all his glory was not arrayed like one of 00:10:23.230 --> 00:10:26.870 these. If, then, God so clothes the grass, which 00:10:26.870 --> 00:10:29.610 today is in the field, and tomorrow is thrown 00:10:29.610 --> 00:10:32.330 into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, 00:10:32.409 --> 00:10:35.720 O you of little faith? And do not seek what you 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:37.879 should eat or what you should drink, nor have 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.840 an anxious mind. For all these things the nations 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.500 of the world seek after, and your Father knows 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:46.379 that you need these things. But seek the kingdom 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:49.200 of God, and all these things shall be added to 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:52.179 you. Do not fear, little flock, for it is your 00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:54.240 Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 00:10:54.659 --> 00:10:57.700 Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves 00:10:57.700 --> 00:11:00.960 money bags which do not grow old, a treasure 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:03.620 in the heavens that does not fail. where no thief 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:06.679 approaches nor moth destroys. For where your 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:10.340 treasure is, there your heart will be also. Let 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:12.259 your waist be girded and your lamps burning. 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:15.059 And you yourselves be like men who wait for their 00:11:15.059 --> 00:11:17.360 master when he will return from the wedding, 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:20.100 that when he comes and knocks, they may open 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:22.899 to him immediately. Blessed are those servants 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:25.480 whom the master when he comes will find watching. 00:11:25.980 --> 00:11:28.460 Assuredly I say to you that he will gird himself 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:31.960 and have them sit down to eat and will come and 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:34.490 serve them. And if he should come in the second 00:11:34.490 --> 00:11:36.769 watch or come in the third watch and find them 00:11:36.769 --> 00:11:39.870 so, blessed are those servants. But know this, 00:11:39.990 --> 00:11:42.509 that if the master of the house had known what 00:11:42.509 --> 00:11:45.029 hour the thief would come, he would have watched 00:11:45.029 --> 00:11:47.649 and not allowed his house to be broken into. 00:11:48.110 --> 00:11:51.070 Therefore, you also be ready, for the Son of 00:11:51.070 --> 00:11:54.269 Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Then 00:11:54.269 --> 00:11:56.710 Peter said to him, Lord, do you speak this parable 00:11:56.710 --> 00:11:59.629 only to us or to all people? And the Lord said, 00:11:59.889 --> 00:12:03.529 Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom 00:12:03.529 --> 00:12:05.929 his master will make ruler over his household, 00:12:06.169 --> 00:12:08.610 to give them their portion of food in due season? 00:12:08.889 --> 00:12:11.490 Blessed is that servant, whom his master will 00:12:11.490 --> 00:12:14.409 find so doing when he comes. Truly I say to you 00:12:14.409 --> 00:12:17.029 that he will make him ruler over all that he 00:12:17.029 --> 00:12:20.230 has. But if that servant says in his heart, My 00:12:20.230 --> 00:12:22.809 master is delaying his coming, and begins to 00:12:22.809 --> 00:12:25.129 beat the male and female servants, and to eat 00:12:25.129 --> 00:12:28.679 and drink and be drunk, The master of that servant 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.259 will come in on a day when he is not looking 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:34.419 for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.899 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:40.879 with the unbelievers. And that servant who knew 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:43.360 his master's will and did not prepare himself 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:47.019 or do according to his will shall be beaten with 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:50.480 many stripes. But he who did not know, yet committed 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:53.019 things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:56.230 with few. For everyone to whom much is given, 00:12:56.309 --> 00:12:59.730 from him much will be required. And to whom much 00:12:59.730 --> 00:13:03.009 has been committed, of him they will ask the 00:13:03.009 --> 00:13:06.509 more. I came to send fire on the earth, and how 00:13:06.509 --> 00:13:09.529 I wish it were already kindled. But I have a 00:13:09.529 --> 00:13:12.690 baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed 00:13:12.690 --> 00:13:15.649 I am till it is accomplished. Do you suppose 00:13:15.649 --> 00:13:18.289 that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, 00:13:18.309 --> 00:13:21.610 not at all, but rather division. for from now 00:13:21.610 --> 00:13:24.970 on five in one household will be divided three 00:13:24.970 --> 00:13:28.590 against two and two against three father will 00:13:28.590 --> 00:13:31.309 be divided against son and son against father 00:13:31.309 --> 00:13:33.690 mother against daughter and daughter against 00:13:33.690 --> 00:13:36.149 mother mother -in -law against her daughter -in 00:13:36.149 --> 00:13:38.429 -law and daughter -in -law against her mother 00:13:38.429 --> 00:13:41.570 -in -law then he also said to the multitudes 00:13:41.570 --> 00:13:44.809 whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west 00:13:44.809 --> 00:13:48.830 immediately you say a shower is coming and so 00:13:48.830 --> 00:13:52.320 it is And when you see the south wind blow, you 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.879 say, there will be hot weather, and there is. 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:58.120 Hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.799 and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.639 this time? Yes, and why, even of yourselves, 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:09.000 do you not judge what is right? When you go with 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:11.460 your adversary to the magistrate, make every 00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:14.480 effort along the way to settle with him? lest 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.899 he drag you to the judge the judge deliver you 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:19.500 to the officer and the officer throw you into 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:22.500 prison i tell you you shall not depart from there 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:28.360 till you have paid the very last mite chapter 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:31.779 thirteen there were present at that season some 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:34.259 who told him about the galileans whose blood 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:37.429 pilate had mingled with their sacrifices And 00:14:37.429 --> 00:14:39.629 Jesus answered and said to them, Do you suppose 00:14:39.629 --> 00:14:42.470 that these Galileans were worse sinners than 00:14:42.470 --> 00:14:44.909 all other Galileans because they suffered such 00:14:44.909 --> 00:14:48.330 things? I tell you, no. But unless you repent, 00:14:48.590 --> 00:14:51.909 you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen 00:14:51.909 --> 00:14:54.769 on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, 00:14:54.850 --> 00:14:57.490 do you think that they were worse sinners than 00:14:57.490 --> 00:15:00.049 all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell 00:15:00.049 --> 00:15:03.549 you, no. But unless you repent, you will all 00:15:03.549 --> 00:15:06.590 likewise perish. He also spoke this parable. 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:10.019 A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:12.820 and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:15.639 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.759 for three years I have come seeking fruit on 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:22.580 this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down. Why 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:25.100 does it use up the ground? But he answered and 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:27.860 said to him, Sir, let it alone this year also, 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.460 until I dig around it and fertilize it. And if 00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:35.200 it bears fruit, well, but if not, after that 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.220 you can cut it down. Now he was teaching in one 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:40.279 of the synagogues on the Sabbath, and behold, 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:43.279 there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:46.659 eighteen years, and was bent over and could in 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:50.019 no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.799 he called her to him and said to her, Woman, 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:55.980 you are loosed from your infirmity. And he laid 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:58.960 his hands on her, and immediately she was made 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:02.279 straight and glorified God. But the ruler of 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:05.019 the synagogue answered with indignation, because 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:07.919 Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. And he said 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.600 to the crowd, There are six days on which men 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:13.320 ought to work, therefore come and be healed on 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:16.360 them, and not on the Sabbath day. The Lord then 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.919 answered him and said, Hypocrite, does not each 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.980 one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:25.740 from the stall and lead it away to water it? 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:28.440 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:32.120 Abraham, whom Satan has bound, think of it, for 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.559 eighteen years. be loosed from this bond on the 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:38.399 Sabbath? And when he said these things, all his 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.220 adversaries were put to shame, and all the multitude 00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:44.179 rejoiced for all the glorious things that were 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:47.440 done by him. Then he said, What is the kingdom 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:50.259 of God like, and to what shall I compare it? 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:53.919 It is like a mustard seed which a man took and 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:56.720 put in his garden, and it grew and became a large 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.100 tree, and the birds of the air nested in its 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:02.840 branches. And again he said, To what shall I 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:05.839 liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:08.400 which a woman took and hid in three measures 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:11.799 of meal, till it was all leavened. And he went 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.160 through the cities and villages, teaching and 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:16.720 journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:20.099 him, Lord, are there few who are saved? And he 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:22.859 said to them, Strive to enter through the narrow 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:26.000 gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.640 and will not be able. When once the master of 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:31.200 the house has risen up and shut the door, and 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.579 you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:36.980 saying, Lord, Lord, open for us. And he will 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:39.619 answer and say to you, I do not know you. Where 00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:42.140 are you from? Then you will begin to say, We 00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:44.480 ate and drank in your presence, and you taught 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:47.500 in our streets. But he will say, I tell you, 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.420 I do not know you. Where you are from? Depart 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:53.150 from me, all you workers of iniquity. There will 00:17:53.150 --> 00:17:55.470 be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see 00:17:55.470 --> 00:17:57.849 Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets 00:17:57.849 --> 00:18:00.750 in the kingdom of God and yourselves thrust out. 00:18:01.049 --> 00:18:03.950 They will come from the east and the west, from 00:18:03.950 --> 00:18:06.329 the north and the south, and sit down in the 00:18:06.329 --> 00:18:09.509 kingdom of God. And indeed, there are last who 00:18:09.509 --> 00:18:11.930 will be first, and there are first who will be 00:18:11.930 --> 00:18:15.369 last. On that very day, some Pharisees came saying 00:18:15.369 --> 00:18:18.549 to him, Get out and depart from here, for Herod 00:18:18.549 --> 00:18:21.519 wants to kill you. And he said to them, Go tell 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.579 that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform 00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:27.940 cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:30.700 shall be perfected. Nevertheless, I must journey 00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:33.599 today, tomorrow, and the day following, for it 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:36.420 cannot be that a prophet should perish outside 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:39.960 of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:42.579 who kills the prophets and stones those who are 00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:45.319 sent to her, how often I wanted to gather your 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.319 children together. as a hen gathers her brood 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:51.880 under her wings, but you are not willing. See, 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:55.440 your house is left to you desolate, and assuredly 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:58.119 I say to you, you shall not see me until the 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.400 time comes when you say, Blessed is he who comes 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:09.259 in the name of the Lord. I hope you enjoyed today's 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:11.460 reading as much as I did, and I look forward 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:13.500 to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:15.599 journey. God bless you and have a great day.