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 Luk 18:1 |
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. |
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Luk 18:2 |
He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. |
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Luk 18:3 |
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' |
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Luk 18:4 |
"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, |
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Luk 18:5 |
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' " |
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Luk 18:6 |
And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. |
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Luk 18:7 |
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? |
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Luk 18:8 |
I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" |
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Luk 18:9 |
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: |
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Luk 18:10 |
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. |
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Luk 18:11 |
The Pharisee stood up and prayed about [fn] himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. |
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Luk 18:12 |
I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' |
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Luk 18:13 |
"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' |
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Luk 18:14 |
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." |
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Luk 18:15 |
People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. |
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Luk 18:16 |
But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. |
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Luk 18:17 |
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." |
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Luk 18:18 |
A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" |
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Luk 18:19 |
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good-except God alone. |
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Luk 18:20 |
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.' [fn]" |
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Luk 18:21 |
"All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said. |
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Luk 18:22 |
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." |
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Luk 18:23 |
When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth. |
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Luk 18:24 |
Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! |
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Luk 18:25 |
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." |
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Luk 18:26 |
Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?" |
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Luk 18:27 |
Jesus replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." |
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Luk 18:28 |
Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!" |
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Luk 18:29 |
"I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God |
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Luk 18:30 |
will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life." |
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Luk 18:31 |
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. |
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Luk 18:32 |
He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. |
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Luk 18:33 |
On the third day he will rise again." |
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Luk 18:34 |
The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about. |
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Luk 18:35 |
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. |
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Luk 18:36 |
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. |
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Luk 18:37 |
They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." |
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Luk 18:38 |
He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" |
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Luk 18:39 |
Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" |
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Luk 18:40 |
Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, |
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Luk 18:41 |
"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he replied. |
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Luk 18:42 |
Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you." |
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Luk 18:43 |
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. |
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