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Luke 13
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There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans,
whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. |
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And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were
sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? |
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I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. |
 (13:3, 5)
"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
BOM: Alma 21:6
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Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,
think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
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I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. |
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He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his
vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. |
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Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I
come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why
cumbereth it the ground? |
BOM: Jacob 5:49, 66
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And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till
I shall dig about it, and dung it: |
BOM: Jacob 5:47, 64,
76
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And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it
down. |
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And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. |
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And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen
years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. |
(13:11-16)
"This woman ... whom Satan thath bound"
Illnesses are caused by Satan.
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And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman,
thou art loosed from thine infirmity. |
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And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and
glorified God. |
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And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that
Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six
days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and
not on the sabbath day. |
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The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of
you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away
to watering? |
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And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan hath
bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath
day? |
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And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and
all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. |
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Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I
resemble it? |
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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his
garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged
in the branches of it. |
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And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? |
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It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened. |
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And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying
toward Jerusalem. |
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Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
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"Lord, are there few that be saved?"
In Mt.7:7-8
and Lk.11:9-10 Jesus says that "he who seeketh
findeth." But here he says that
"many ... will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Only a few will be saved; the vast majority will suffer eternally in hell where
"there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Will those who seek God find him?
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Strive to enter in at
the strait gate: for
many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
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When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door,
and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord,
open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye
are:
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Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and
thou hast taught in our streets. |
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But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from
me, all ye workers of iniquity. |
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There shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and
all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. |
"There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
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And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north,
and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. |
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And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first
which shall be last. |
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The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get
thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. |
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And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be
perfected. |
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Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for
it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. |
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that
are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together,
as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! |
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Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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