18He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:G1161G3004G2532G3850G846G4314G1163G3842G4336G2532G3361G15732"There was a judge in one town who didn't fear God or respect man.G3004G2258G1722G5100G4172G5100G2923G5399G3361G2316G2532G3361G1788G4443And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'G1161G2258G5503G1722G1565G4172G2532G2064G4314G846G3004G1556G3165G575G3450G4764"For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or respect man,G2532G2309G3756G1909G5550G1161G5023G3326G2036G1722G1438G1499G5399G3756G2316G2532G3756G1788G4445yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn't wear me out by her persistent coming.'"G1065G1223G5026G5503G3930G2873G3427G1556G846G3363G1519G5056G2064G5299G31656Then the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.G1161G2962G2036G191G5101G93G2923G30047Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [to help] them?G1161G1557G3364G2316G4160G1557G846G1588G3588G994G2250G2532G3571G4314G846G2532G3114G1909G8468I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?"G3004G5213G3754G4160G1557G846G5034G1722G4133G687G5207G444G2064G2147G4102G1909G10939He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:G1161G2036G2532G5026G3850G4314G5100G3588G3982G1909G1438G3754G1526G1342G2532G1848G306210"Two men went up to the temple complex to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.G1417G444G305G1519G2411G4336G1520G5330G2532G2087G505711The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: 'God, I thank You that I'm not like other people— greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.G5330G2476G4336G5023G4314G1438G2316G2168G4671G3754G1510G3756G5618G3062G444G727G94G3432G2228G2532G5613G3778G505712I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'G3522G1364G4521G586G3956G3745G293213"But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, 'God, turn Your wrath from me— a sinner!'G2532G5057G2476G3113G2309G3756G1869G3761G3788G1519G3772G235G5180G1519G846G4738G3004G2316G2433G3427G26814I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."G3004G5213G3778G2597G1519G846G3624G1344G2228G1565G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G1161G5013G1438G531215Some people were even bringing infants to Him so He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.G1161G4374G846G2532G1025G2443G680G846G1161G3101G1492G2008G84616Jesus, however, invited them: "Let the little children come to Me, and don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.G1161G2424G4341G846G2036G863G3813G2064G4314G3165G2532G2967G846G3361G1063G5108G2076G932G231617I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."G281G3004G5213G3739G1209G3362G1209G932G2316G5613G3813G1525G3364G1525G1519G84618A ruler asked Him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"G2532G5100G758G1905G846G3004G18G1320G5101G4160G2816G166G222219"Why do you call Me good?" Jesus asked him. "No one is good but One— God.G1161G2424G2036G846G5101G3004G3165G18G3762G18G1508G1520G231620You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honor your father and mother."G1492G1785G3431G3361G3431G5407G3361G5407G2813G3361G2813G5576G3361G5576G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G338421"I have kept all these from my youth," he said.G1161G2036G3956G5023G5442G1537G3450G350322When Jesus heard this, He told him, "You still lack one thing: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."G1161G2424G191G5023G2036G846G2089G3007G4671G1520G4453G3956G3745G2192G2532G1239G4434G2532G2192G2344G1722G3772G2532G1204G190G342723After he heard this, he became extremely sad, because he was very rich.G1161G191G5023G1096G4036G1063G2258G4970G414524Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!G1161G2424G1492G846G1096G4036G2036G4459G1423G1525G2192G5536G1525G1519G932G231625For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."G1063G2076G2123G2574G1525G1223G4476G5168G2228G4145G1525G1519G932G231626Those who heard this asked, "Then who can be saved?"G1161G191G2036G5101G2532G1410G498227He replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."G1161G2036G102G3844G444G2076G1415G3844G231628Then Peter said, "Look, we have left what we had and followed You."G1161G4074G2036G2400G2249G863G3956G2532G190G467129So He said to them, "I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,G1161G2036G846G281G3004G5213G3754G2076G3762G3739G863G3614G2228G1118G2228G80G2228G1135G2228G5043G1752G932G2316G175230who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come."G3739G618G3364G618G4179G1722G5129G2540G2532G1722G165G2064G2222G16631Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.G1161G3880G1427G2036G4314G846G2400G305G1519G2414G2532G3956G1125G1223G4396G5207G444G505532For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and He will be mocked, insulted, spit on;G1063G3860G1484G2532G1702G2532G5195G2532G171633and after they flog Him, they will kill Him, and He will rise on the third day."G2532G3146G615G846G615G2532G5154G2250G45034They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.G2532G846G4920G3762G5130G2532G5124G4487G2258G2928G575G846G2532G3756G1097G300435As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.G1161G1096G1722G846G1448G1519G2410G5100G5185G2521G3844G3598G431936Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what this meant.G1161G191G3793G1279G4441G5101G5124G149837"Jesus the Nazarene is passing by," they told him.G1161G518G846G3754G2424G3480G392838So he called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G994G3004G2424G5207G1138G1653G316539Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G4254G2008G846G2443G4623G1161G846G2896G4183G3123G5207G1138G1653G316540Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,G1161G2424G2476G2753G846G71G4314G846G1161G846G1448G1905G84641"What do you want Me to do for you?" "Lord," he said, "I want to see!"G3004G5101G2309G4160G4671G1161G2036G2962G2443G30842"Receive your sight!" Jesus told him. "Your faith has healed you."G2532G2424G2036G846G308G4675G4102G4982G457143Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.G2532G3916G308G2532G190G846G1392G2316G2532G3956G2992G1492G1325G136G2316