19. . Nurture nature

13:1-9

some

"Leave fig tree until I dig around it"

13:1-9 And at the same time some people were present who were telling Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mixed with their own sacrifices. "Answer," he said to them "Do you think that these Galilaeans were worse snners than other Galilaeans because of these things they have suffered? No I tell you, unless you repent you will all perish in the same way. Or what about those eighteen that the tower at Siloam fell onto and killed? Do you think they owed more than all the men living in Jerusalem? No I tell you, and unless you repent you will

all perish in the same way." (Then) he told (them this parable.) "There was a fig tree that a certain man had planted in his vineyard and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. He said to the vinedresser. "Look for the last three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and have not found any. Cut it down . Why it is even spoiling the ground?" But he (the vinedresser) says to him "Lord leave it this year as well, so that I can dig around it and put dung on it to help it bear fruit in the future. If it doesn't then you can cut it down."

20. . Dignify woman

13:10-13

bent woman

"woman . . . bending double"

13:10-13 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on a Sabbath day. There was a woman there who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. She was doubled over and unable to straighten

herself. And seeing her Jesus called to her and said "Woman you have been freed from your infirmity." He put his hands on her and at once she was about to stand up straight and she glorified God.

21. Loosen bonds

13:14-17

Synagogue ruler

"Loosen bonds"

13:14-17 But the synagogue ruler was angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day. He said to the crowd. "There are six days on which work is done. Therefore, come to be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath day. But the Lord answered him and said "Hypocrites, do not each of you (synagogue rulers) loosen his ox or ass from the manager

and lead it away to give it a drink? And (consider) this woman who is a daughter of Abraham and whom Satan has bound for eighteen years. Is it not right that this bond be loosened on the Sabbath day?" And in saying these (sorts of) things, he put to shame all those who were opposing him. And the crowd celebrated about all the glorious things that he did.