18Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.G1161G3004G2532G3850G846G4314G1163G3842G4336G2532G3361G15732He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people.G3004G2258G1722G5100G4172G5100G2923G5399G3361G2316G2532G3361G1788G4443In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.'G1161G2258G5503G1722G1565G4172G2532G2064G4314G846G3004G1556G3165G575G3450G4764For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,G2532G2309G3756G1909G5550G1161G5023G3326G2036G1722G1438G1499G5399G3756G2316G2532G3756G1788G4445yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'"G1065G1223G5026G5503G3930G2873G3427G1556G846G3363G1519G5056G2064G5299G31656And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.G1161G2962G2036G191G5101G93G2923G30047And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?G1161G1557G3364G2316G4160G1557G846G1588G3588G994G2250G2532G3571G4314G846G2532G3114G1909G8468I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"G3004G5213G3754G4160G1557G846G5034G1722G4133G687G5207G444G2064G2147G4102G1909G10939He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:G1161G2036G2532G5026G3850G4314G5100G3588G3982G1909G1438G3754G1526G1342G2532G1848G306210"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.G1417G444G305G1519G2411G4336G1520G5330G2532G2087G505711The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.G5330G2476G4336G5023G4314G1438G2316G2168G4671G3754G1510G3756G5618G3062G444G727G94G3432G2228G2532G5613G3778G505712I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.'G3522G1364G4521G586G3956G3745G293213But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'G2532G5057G2476G3113G2309G3756G1869G3761G3788G1519G3772G235G5180G1519G846G4738G3004G2316G2433G3427G26814I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."G3004G5213G3778G2597G1519G846G3624G1344G2228G1565G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G1161G5013G1438G531215People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it.G1161G4374G846G2532G1025G2443G680G846G1161G3101G1492G2008G84616But Jesus called for them and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.G1161G2424G4341G846G2036G863G3813G2064G4314G3165G2532G2967G846G3361G1063G5108G2076G932G231617Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."G281G3004G5213G3739G1209G3362G1209G932G2316G5613G3813G1525G3364G1525G1519G84618A certain ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"G2532G5100G758G1905G846G3004G18G1320G5101G4160G2816G166G222219Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.G1161G2424G2036G846G5101G3004G3165G18G3762G18G1508G1520G231620You know the commandments: 'You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother.'"G1492G1785G3431G3361G3431G5407G3361G5407G2813G3361G2813G5576G3361G5576G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G338421He replied, "I have kept all these since my youth."G1161G2036G3956G5023G5442G1537G3450G350322When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."G1161G2424G191G5023G2036G846G2089G3007G4671G1520G4453G3956G3745G2192G2532G1239G4434G2532G2192G2344G1722G3772G2532G1204G190G342723But when he heard this, he became sad; for he was very rich.G1161G191G5023G1096G4036G1063G2258G4970G414524Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!G1161G2424G1492G846G1096G4036G2036G4459G1423G1525G2192G5536G1525G1519G932G231625Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."G1063G2076G2123G2574G1525G1223G4476G5168G2228G4145G1525G1519G932G231626Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"G1161G191G2036G5101G2532G1410G498227He replied, "What is impossible for mortals is possible for God."G1161G2036G102G3844G444G2076G1415G3844G231628Then Peter said, "Look, we have left our homes and followed you."G1161G4074G2036G2400G2249G863G3956G2532G190G467129And he said to them, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,G1161G2036G846G281G3004G5213G3754G2076G3762G3739G863G3614G2228G1118G2228G80G2228G1135G2228G5043G1752G932G2316G175230who will not get back very much more in this age, and in the age to come eternal life."G3739G618G3364G618G4179G1722G5129G2540G2532G1722G165G2064G2222G16631Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.G1161G3880G1427G2036G4314G846G2400G305G1519G2414G2532G3956G1125G1223G4396G5207G444G505532For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon.G1063G3860G1484G2532G1702G2532G5195G2532G171633After they have flogged him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."G2532G3146G615G846G615G2532G5154G2250G45034But they understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.G2532G846G4920G3762G5130G2532G5124G4487G2258G2928G575G846G2532G3756G1097G300435As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.G1161G1096G1722G846G1448G1519G2410G5100G5185G2521G3844G3598G431936When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was happening.G1161G191G3793G1279G4441G5101G5124G149837They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."G1161G518G846G3754G2424G3480G392838Then he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G994G3004G2424G5207G1138G1653G316539Those who were in front sternly ordered him to be quiet; but he shouted even more loudly, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G4254G2008G846G2443G4623G1161G846G2896G4183G3123G5207G1138G1653G316540Jesus stood still and ordered the man to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him,G1161G2424G2476G2753G846G71G4314G846G1161G846G1448G1905G84641"What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me see again."G3004G5101G2309G4160G4671G1161G2036G2962G2443G30842Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has saved you."G2532G2424G2036G846G308G4675G4102G4982G457143Immediately he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God.G2532G3916G308G2532G190G846G1392G2316G2532G3956G2992G1492G1325G136G2316