A Call to Repentance
(Joel 1:13–20; Amos 5:4–15; Zephaniah 2:1–3)
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 1Pe 4:17-18Lam 2:20Act 5:37Ezk 9:5-7Mat 27:2 To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate? Jhn 9:2Act 28:4Job 22:5-16Luk 13:4 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Act 3:19Mat 3:2Act 2:38-40Luk 13:5Rev 2:21-22Luk 21:22-24Luk 23:28-30Mat 12:45 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? Neh 3:15Job 1:19Mat 6:12Mat 18:241Ki 20:30Jhn 9:11Jhn 9:7Luk 7:41-42 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” Ezk 18:30Luk 13:3Isa 28:10-13
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
(Isaiah 5:1–7)
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. Jhn 15:16Gal 5:22Isa 5:1-4Mat 21:19-20Jer 2:21Mrk 11:12-14Psa 80:8-13Php 4:17 So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! 1 Why should it use up the soil?’ Mat 7:19Jhn 15:6Luk 3:9Jhn 15:2Rom 2:4-5Exo 32:10Lev 19:23Mat 3:9-10
‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. Rom 10:12Pe 3:9Jol 2:17Exo 34:9Jer 15:1Jos 7:7-9Psa 106:23Rom 11:14 If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’” Jhn 15:2Heb 6:81Th 2:15Ezr 9:14-15Psa 69:22-28Dan 9:5-8Rev 16:5-7Rev 15:3-4
Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman
One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, Mat 4:23Luk 4:44Luk 4:15-16 and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight. Luk 8:2Luk 13:16Luk 8:27Luk 8:43Act 4:22Mrk 9:21Psa 6:2Jhn 5:5-6 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.” Psa 107:20Mat 8:16Isa 65:1Jol 3:10Luk 13:16Luk 6:8-10 Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God. Psa 107:20-22Mrk 16:18Mrk 5:23Luk 18:43Luk 4:40Mrk 6:5Mrk 8:25Psa 103:1-5
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.” Exo 20:9Jhn 9:14-16Mat 12:2Jhn 5:15-16Luk 14:3-6Luk 6:11Luk 6:7Luk 8:41
“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water? Luk 14:5Jhn 7:21-24Act 13:9-10Luk 6:42Act 8:20-23Isa 29:20Job 34:30Luk 12:1 Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?” Mrk 2:27Luk 19:9Luk 3:82Ti 2:26Act 13:26Jhn 8:44Luk 13:11-12Mat 4:10
When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing. 1Pe 3:16Psa 132:182Ti 3:9Act 3:9-11Act 4:21Exo 15:11Isa 4:2Isa 45:24
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
(Matthew 13:31–32; Mark 4:30–34)
Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? Mrk 4:30-34Luk 17:21Mat 13:31-32Luk 13:20Mrk 4:26Mat 13:24Lam 2:13Luk 7:31 It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.” Dan 4:12Dan 2:44-45Dan 4:21Ezk 17:22-24Mat 13:31-32Mrk 4:31-32Zec 2:11Act 2:41
The Parable of the Leaven
(Matthew 13:33)
Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.” Mat 13:331Co 5:61Th 5:23-24Jas 1:21Jhn 15:2Jhn 4:14Php 1:6Php 1:9-11
The Narrow Door
(Matthew 7:13–14)
Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem. Luk 9:51Mat 9:35Mrk 10:32-34Luk 4:43-44Act 10:38Mrk 6:6 “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Mat 7:14Mat 22:14Jhn 21:21-22Luk 12:13-15Mat 20:16Mat 24:3-5Act 1:7-8Luk 21:7-8
Jesus answered, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. Mat 7:13-142Pe 1:101Co 9:24-27Heb 4:11Luk 21:36Ezk 33:31Php 2:12-13Pro 21:25 After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ Luk 13:27Mat 25:10-12Mat 7:21-23Luk 6:46Isa 55:62Co 6:2Heb 12:17Heb 3:7-8
But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ Isa 58:2Tit 1:162Ti 3:5
And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’ Psa 6:8Mat 25:41Mat 7:22-23Psa 119:115Psa 1:62Ti 2:19Hos 9:12Luk 13:25
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out. Mat 8:11-12Mat 22:13Mat 25:30Luk 14:15Luk 16:23Luk 23:42-43Mat 13:42Mat 13:50 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. Isa 43:6Isa 49:6Isa 66:18-20Mal 1:11Isa 54:2-3Act 28:28Eph 3:6-8Mrk 13:27 And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.” Mat 19:30Mat 20:16Mat 21:28-31Mrk 10:31Mat 3:9-10Mat 8:11-12
Lament over Jerusalem
(Matthew 23:37–39)
At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.” Neh 6:9-11Amo 7:12-13Mat 14:1Psa 11:1-2Luk 3:1
But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’ Heb 2:10Heb 5:9Jhn 17:4-5Jhn 11:8-10Ezk 13:4Luk 9:7-9Heb 7:28Jhn 10:32 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem. Luk 9:53Mat 21:11Jhn 4:34Mat 20:18Act 13:27Jhn 12:35Jhn 9:4Act 10:38
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Mat 23:37-39Deu 32:11-12Act 7:52Isa 30:15Luk 19:41-42Hos 11:2Jer 6:16Jer 7:23-24 Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’ 2” Psa 118:26Mrk 11:9-10Jhn 12:13Mat 21:9Hos 3:4-5Isa 52:7Jhn 12:35-36Jhn 14:19-23