1 Christ preaches repentance upon the punishment of the Galilaeans and others.
6 The fruitless fig-tree may not stand.
10 He heals the crooked woman;
18 shows the powerful working of the word in the hearts of his chosen, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed, and of leaven;
22 exhorts to enter in at the strait gate;
31 and reproves Herod and Jerusalem.

the Galilaeans. The Galilaeans are frequently mentioned by Josephus as the most turbulent and seditious people, being upon all occasions ready to disturb the Roman authority. It is uncertain to what event our Lord refers; but is probable that they were the followers of Judas Gaulonitis, who opposed paying tribute to Caesar and submitting to the Roman government. A party of them coming to Jerusalem during one of the great festivals, and presenting their oblations in the court of the temple, Pilate treacherously sent a company of soldiers, who slew them, and 'mingled their blood with their sacrifices.'

Ac 5:37

mingled. La 2:20 Eze 9:5-7 1Pe 4:17,18

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

Suppose. 4 Job 22:5-16 Joh 9:2 Ac 28:4

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

except. 5 24:47 Mt 3:2,10-12 Ac 2:38-40 3:19 Re 2:21,22

ye shall. 19:42-44 21:22-24 23:28-30 Mt 12:45 22:7 23:35-38 24:21-29

4 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?

in Siloam. Ne 3:15 Joh 9:7,11

fell. 1Ki 20:30 Job 1:19

sinners. or, debtors. 7:41,42 11:4 Mt 6:12 18:24

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

except. 3 Isa 28:10-13 Eze 18:30

6 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.

fig-tree. Ps 80:8-13 Isa 5:1-4 Jer 2:21 Mt 21:19,20 Mr 11:12-14

and he came. 20:10-14 Mt 21:34-40 Joh 15:16 Ga 5:22 Php 4:17

7 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?

three. Le 19:23 25:21 Ro 2:4,5

cut. 3:9 Ex 32:10 Da 4:14 Mt 3:10 7:19 Joh 15:2,6

why. Ex 32:10 Mt 3:9

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

Lord, let. Ex 32:11-13,30-32 34:9 Nu 14:11-20 Jos 7:7-9 Ps 106:23 Jer 14:7-9,13 *etc: Jer 15:1 18:20 Joe 2:17 Ro 10:1 11:14 2Pe 3:9

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

if not. Ezr 9:14,15 Ps 69:22-28 Da 9:5-8 Joh 15:2 1Th 2:15 Heb 6:8 Re 15:3,4 16:5-7

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

4:15,16,44

11 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.

a spirit. 16 8:2 Job 2:7 Ps 6:2 Mt 9:32,33

eighteen. 8:27,43 Mr 9:21 Joh 5:5,6 9:19-21 Ac 3:2 4:22 14:8-10

bowed. Ps 38:6 42:5 *marg: Ps 145:14 146:8

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

Woman. 6:8-10 Ps 107:20 Isa 65:1 Mt 8:16

loosed. 16 Joe 3:10

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

he laid. 4:40 Mr 6:5 8:25 16:18 Ac 9:17

and immediately. 17:14-17 18:43 Ps 103:1-5 107:20-22 116:16,17

14 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.

the ruler. 8:41 Ac 13:15 18:8,17

with. 6:11 Joh 5:15,16 Ro 10:2

There. Ex 20:9 23:12 Le 23:3 Eze 20:12

and not. 6:7 14:3-6 Mt 12:10-12 Mr 3:2-6 Joh 9:14-16

15 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?

Thou hypocrite. 6:42 12:1 Job 34:30 Pr 11:9 Isa 29:20 Mt 7:5 15:7,14 23:13,28 Ac 8:20-23 13:9,10

doth not. 14:5 Joh 7:21-24

16 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?

being. 3:8 16:24 19:9 Ac 13:26 Ro 4:12-16

whom. 11 Joh 8:44 2Ti 2:26

be loosed. 12 Mr 2:27

17 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.

all his. 14:6 20:40 Ps 40:14 109:29 132:18 Isa 45:24 2Ti 3:9 1Pe 3:16

and all. 19:37-40,48 Ex 15:11 Ps 111:3 Isa 4:2 Joh 12:17,18 Ac 3:9-11 Ac 4:21

18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

Unto. 20 7:31 La 2:13 Mt 13:31

the kingdom. 17:21 Mr 4:26,30 *etc:

19 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.

like. Mt 13:31,32 17:20 Mr 4:31,32

cast. So 4:12,16 5:1 6:2 8:13 Isa 58:11 61:11 Jer 31:12

and it. Ps 72:16,17 Isa 2:2,3 9:7 49:20-25 51:2,3 53:1,10-12 54:1-3 Isa 60:15-22 Eze 17:22-24 47:1-12 Da 2:34,35,44,45 Mic 4:1,2 Zec 2:11 8:20-23 14:7-9 Ac 2:41 4:4 15:14-18 21:20 *Gr: Ro 15:19 Re 11:15

and the. Eze 31:6 Da 4:12,21

20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

like. See Mt 13:33 *marg:

till. Job 17:9 Ps 92:13,14 Pr 4:18 Ho 6:3 Joh 4:14 15:2 1Co 5:6 Php 1:6,9-11 1Th 5:23,24 Jas 1:21

22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

through. 4:43,44 Mt 9:35 Mr 6:6 Ac 10:38

journeying. 9:51 Mr 10:32-34

23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

are. Mt 7:14 19:25 20:16 22:14

And. 12:13-15 21:7,8 Mt 24:3-5 Mr 13:4,5 Joh 21:21,22 Ac 1:7,8

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Strive. 21:36 Ge 32:25,26 Mt 11:12 Joh 6:27 1Co 9:24-27 Php 2:12,13 Col 1:29 Heb 4:11 2Pe 1:10

the strait. Mt 7:13,14

for. Pr 1:24-28 14:6 21:25 Ec 10:15 Isa 1:15 58:2-4 Eze 33:31 Mr 6:18-20 Joh 7:34 8:21 13:33 Ro 9:31-33 10:3

25 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:

once. Ps 32:6 Isa 55:6 2Co 6:2 Heb 3:7,8 12:17

shut. Ge 7:16 Mt 25:10

Lord. 6:46 Mt 7:21,22 25:11,12

I know. 27 Mt 7:23 25:41

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

We. Isa 58:2 2Ti 3:5 Tit 1:16

27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

I tell. 25 Ps 1:6 Mt 7:22,23 25:12,41 1Co 8:3 Ga 4:9 2Ti 2:19

depart. Ps 5:6 6:8 28:3 101:8 119:115 125:5 Ho 9:12 Mt 25:41

28 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.

weeping. Ps 112:10 Mt 8:12 13:42,50 22:13 24:51 25:30

when. 16:23 Mt 8:11

the kingdom. 14:15 23:42,43 2Th 1:5 2Pe 1:11

you. 10:15 Re 21:8 22:15

29 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.

Ge 28:14 Isa 43:6 49:6 54:2,3 66:18-20 Mal 1:11 Mr 13:27 Ac 28:28 Eph 3:6-8 Col 1:6,23 Re 7:9,10

30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

Mt 3:9,10 8:11,12 19:30 20:16 21:28-31 Mr 10:31

31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

Get. Ne 6:9-11 Ps 11:1,2 Am 7:12,13

32 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.

that fox. This was probably Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, who is described by Josephus as a crafty and incestuous prince, with which the character given him by our Lord, and the narratives of the evangelists, exactly coincide.

3:19,20 9:7-9 23:8-11 Eze 13:4 Mic 3:1-3 Zep 3:3 Mr 6:26-28

I cast. 9:7 Mr 6:14 Joh 10:32 11:8-10

I shall. Joh 17:4,5 19:30 *Gr: Heb 2:10 5:9

33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

I must. Joh 4:34 9:4 11:54 12:35 Ac 10:38

for. 9:53 Mt 20:18 Ac 13:27

34 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!

Jerusalem. 19:41,42 Mt 23:37-39

killest. 2Ch 24:21,22 36:15,16 Ne 9:26 Jer 2:30 26:23 La 4:13 Mt 21:35,36 22:6 Ac 7:52,59 8:1 Re 11:8

how. De 5:29 32:29 Ps 81:10,13 Isa 48:17-19 50:2

thy. 19:44 23:28 Ps 149:2 La 1:16 Joe 2:23 Ga 4:25,26

as. De 32:11,12 Ru 2:12 Ps 17:8 36:7 57:1 91:4

and ye. 15:28 Ne 9:30 Ps 81:11 Pr 1:24-30 Isa 30:15 Jer 6:16 7:23,24 Jer 35:14 44:4-6 Ho 11:2,7 Zec 1:4 Mt 22:3 Ac 3:14,15

35 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.

your. 21:5,6,24 Le 26:31,32 Ps 69:25 Isa 1:7,8 5:5,6 64:10,11 Da 9:26,27 Mic 3:12 Zec 11:1,2 14:2 Ac 6:13,14

Ye shall not. Ho 3:4,5 Joh 7:34-36 8:22-24 12:35,36 14:19-23

Blessed. 19:38-40 Ps 118:26 Isa 40:9-11 52:7 Zec 12:10 Mt 21:9 Mr 11:9 Mr 11:10 Joh 12:13 Ro 10:9-15 2Co 3:15-18