six days in the week on which people ought to work.
On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured,
and not on the Sabbath day."
013:015 But the Lord's reply to him was, "Hypocrites, does not each of you
on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall
and lead him to water?
013:016 And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan
had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be
loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"
013:017 When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed,
while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious
things continually done by Him.
013:018 This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like?
and to what shall I compare it?
013:019 It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil
in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose
branches the birds roost."
013:020 And again He said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
013:021 It is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel
of flour, to work there till the whole is leavened."
013:022 He was passing through town after town and village after village,
steadily proceeding towards Jerusalem,
013:023 when some one asked Him, "Sir, are there but few who are
to be saved?"
013:024 "Strain every nerve to force your way in through the narrow gate,"
He answered; "for multitudes, I tell you, will endeavour
to find a way in and will not succeed.
013:025 As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door,
and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door
and say, "`Sir, open the door for us'--"`I do not know you,'