June 21st, 2025

The season of Pentecost continues on, and this Sunday is called the “Second Sunday after Pentecost.” Such titling will continue on for many weeks. And depending on the date of Easter, the Gospel Reading starts at some point within the Gospel according to Luke, and it will continue on from there. Special festivals will, of course, have the chance to give a reading from a different Gospel account.

The Gospel Reading for this Sunday is Luke 8:26-39, the last reading before the second part of the work, where Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem. In some ways, this action is like the ox, one of the living creatures of the LORD’s throne. And a throne shows forth the glory of the One sitting upon it.

The writings of this website have most recently been going through the Gospel according to Luke as well. We are going through the entire work, a section at a time, in the order in which the writer set it down. And we are currently looking at what is usually called the thirteenth chapter of the work.

This may be your first time reading this writing. If so, welcome! It should be stated at the forefront that what follows is an EXTREMELY literal translation of the text, even taking into account the order in which the words appear in the original language of the text. This characteristic may confuse things, but it will also help to show which words come early in the sentence and are, in all likelihood, the important ones. And some of the words in English have been chosen to show a close connection to the Greek language. And with such a writer that we have in this Gospel account, there can be some doctor-related words that are quite rare.

The hyphens below are given to help give the reader an idea of how many words in English are from the one word in the Greek. It should also be stated that, with such a translation, the strong recommendation is to look also at another translation, or perhaps a study bible, to help you better understand the text below. Although there are countless ways to translate a text, hopefully this is a helpful one. What follows is Luke 13:22-35:

And  he-was-journeying-through,  throughout  cities  and  villages,  teaching  and  journey,  making,  into  Jerusalem.  Now  he-said,  a-certain-one,  to-him,  “Lord,  if  few,  the-ones  being-saved?”

Now  the-one  said  toward  them,  “Agonize  to-come-into  through  the  narrow  door,  because  many,  I-am-saying  to-you,  they-will-seek  to-come-into  and  not  they-have-strength.  From  which  ever  he-rises,  the  house-despot,  and  he-shuts-up  the  door,  and  you-begin,  outside,  to-stand  and  to-knock  the  door,  saying,  ‘Lord,  open-up  to-us,  and  having-answered,  he-will-say  to-you,  ‘Not  I-know  you,  from-where  you-are.’  Then  you-will-begin  to-say,  ‘We-ate  in-front-of  you,  and  we-drank,  and  in  the  streets  of-us  you-taught.’  And  he-will-speak,  saying  to-you,  ‘Not  I-know  you,  from-where  you-are.  Stand-away  from  me,  all  workers  of-unrighteousness.’  There  will-be  the  weeping  and  the  gnashing  of-the  teeth,  when  you-see  Abraham  and  Isaac  and  Jacob  and  all  the  prophets  in  the  kingdom  of-the  God,  now  you  being-thrown-out,  outside.  And  they-will-come  from  east  and  west,  and  from  north  and  south,  and  they-will-recline  in  the  kingdom  of-the  God.  And  look,  are  eschatons  who  will-be  protos,  and  are  protos  who  will-be  eschatons.”

In  that,  the  hour,  they-came-toward,  some  Pharisees,  saying  to-him,  “Come-out  and  journey  from-here,  because  Herod  wants,  you,  to-kill.
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And  he-said  to-them,  “Having-journeyed,  say-to  the  fox,  that,  “Look,  I-throw-out  demons,  and  cures,  I-accomplish  today  and  fresh,  and  the  third,  I-finish.  Nevertheless,  it-is-necessary  me,  today  and  fresh,  and  in-the  coming,  to-journey,  because  not  it-is-accepted,  a-prophet  to-be-destroyed  outside  Jerusalem.  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  the-one  killing  the  prophets  and  stoning  the-ones  having-been-sent  toward  it;  how-often  I-wished  to-gather-together  the  children  of-you,  which  manner,  a-hen,  the  of-herself,  brood  under  the  wings,  and  not  you-wished.  Look,  it-is-left  to-you  the  house  of-you.  Now  I-am-saying  to-you,  certainly  not  you-will-see  me,  until  it-will-come  when  you-say,  ‘Having-been-blessed,  the-one  coming  in  name  of-Lord.’”