Luke Chapter 12 Verse 59‹I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.›

‹I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?›

‹But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!›

‹Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:›

‹For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.›

‹The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.›

And he said also to the people, ‹When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.›

‹And when› [ye see] ‹the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.›

[Ye] ‹hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?›

‹Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?›

‹When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate,› [as thou art] ‹in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.›

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?›

‹I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.›

‹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?›

‹I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.›

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.›

‹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?›

‹And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung› [it]:

‹And if it bear fruit,› [well]: ‹and if not,› [then] ‹after that thou shalt cut it down.›

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

The Book of Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 59