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Luke 18
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18ALSO [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up).G1161G3004G2532G3850G846G4314G1163G3842G4336G2532G3361G1573 2He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced {and} feared God nor respected {or} considered man.G3004G2258G1722G5100G4172G5100G2923G5399G3361G2316G2532G3361G1788G444 3And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect {and} defend {and} give me justice against my adversary.G1161G2258G5503G1722G1565G4172G2532G2064G4314G846G3004G1556G3165G575G3450G476 4And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence {or} fear for God nor respect {or} consideration for man,G2532G2309G3756G1909G5550G1161G5023G3326G2036G1722G1438G1499G5399G3756G2316G2532G3756G1788G444 5Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend {and} protect {and} avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance {and} wear me out by her continual coming {or} at the last she come and rail on me {or} assault me {or} strangle me.G1065G1223G5026G5503G3930G2873G3427G1556G846G3363G1519G5056G2064G5299G3165 6Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says!G1161G2962G2036G191G5101G93G2923G3004 7And will not [our just] God defend {and} protect {and} avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them {and} delay help on their behalf?G1161G1557G3364G2316G4160G1557G846G1588G3588G994G2250G2532G3571G4314G846G2532G3114G1909G846 8I tell you, He will defend {and} protect {and} avenge them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [persistence in] faith on the earth?G3004G5213G3754G4160G1557G846G5034G1722G4133G687G5207G444G2064G2147G4102G1909G1093 9He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves {and} were confident that they were righteous [that they were upright and in right standing with God] and scorned {and} made nothing of all the rest of men:G1161G2036G2532G5026G3850G4314G5100G3588G3982G1909G1438G3754G1526G1342G2532G1848G3062 10Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.G1417G444G305G1519G2411G4336G1520G5330G2532G2087G5057 11The Pharisee took his stand ostentatiously and began to pray thus before {and} with himself: God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men--extortioners (robbers), swindlers [unrighteous in heart and life], adulterers--or even like this tax collector here.G5330G2476G4336G5023G4314G1438G2316G2168G4671G3754G1510G3756G5618G3062G444G727G94G3432G2228G2532G5613G3778G5057 12I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I gain.G3522G1364G4521G586G3956G3745G2932 13But the tax collector, [merely] standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast, saying, O God, be favorable (be gracious, be merciful) to me, the especially wicked sinner that I am!G2532G5057G2476G3113G2309G3756G1869G3761G3788G1519G3772G235G5180G1519G846G4738G3004G2316G2433G3427G268 14I tell you, this man went down to his home justified (forgiven and made upright and in right standing with God), rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.G3004G5213G3778G2597G1519G846G3624G1344G2228G1565G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G1161G5013G1438G5312 15Now they were also bringing [even] babies to Him that He might touch them, and when the disciples noticed it, they reproved them.G1161G4374G846G2532G1025G2443G680G846G1161G3101G1492G2008G846 16But Jesus called them [the parents] to Him, saying, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for to such [as these] belongs the kingdom of God.G1161G2424G4341G846G2036G863G3813G2064G4314G3165G2532G2967G846G3361G1063G5108G2076G932G2316 17Truly I say to you, whoever does not accept {and} receive {and} welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] shall not in any way enter it [at all].G281G3004G5213G3739G1209G3362G1209G932G2316G5613G3813G1525G3364G1525G1519G846 18And a certain ruler asked Him, Good Teacher [You who are essentially and perfectly morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]?G2532G5100G758G1905G846G3004G18G1320G5101G4160G2816G166G2222 19Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? No one is [essentially and perfectly morally] good--except God only.G1161G2424G2036G846G5101G3004G3165G18G3762G18G1508G1520G2316 20You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not witness falsely, honor your father and your mother.G1492G1785G3431G3361G3431G5407G3361G5407G2813G3361G2813G5576G3361G5576G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G3384 21And he replied, All these I have kept from my youth.G1161G2036G3956G5023G5442G1537G3450G3503 22And when Jesus heard it, He said to him, One thing you still lack. Sell everything that you have and divide [the money] among the poor, and you will have [rich] treasure in heaven; and come back [and] follow Me [become My disciple, join My party, and accompany Me].G1161G2424G191G5023G2036G846G2089G3007G4671G1520G4453G3956G3745G2192G2532G1239G4434G2532G2192G2344G1722G3772G2532G1204G190G3427 23But when he heard this, he became distressed {and} very sorrowful, for he was rich--exceedingly so.G1161G191G5023G1096G4036G1063G2258G4970G4145 24Jesus, observing him, said, How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!G1161G2424G1492G846G1096G4036G2036G4459G1423G1525G2192G5536G1525G1519G932G2316 25For it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's eye than [for] a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.G1063G2076G2123G2574G1525G1223G4476G5168G2228G4145G1525G1519G932G2316 26And those who heard it said, Then who can be saved?G1161G191G2036G5101G2532G1410G4982 27But He said, What is impossible with men is possible with God.G1161G2036G102G3844G444G2076G1415G3844G2316 28And Peter said, See, we have left our own [things--home, family, and business] and have followed You.G1161G4074G2036G2400G2249G863G3956G2532G190G4671 29And He said to them, I say to you truly, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of GodG1161G2036G846G281G3004G5213G3754G2076G3762G3739G863G3614G2228G1118G2228G80G2228G1135G2228G5043G1752G932G2316G1752 30Who will not receive in return many times more in this world and, in the coming age, eternal life.G3739G618G3364G618G4179G1722G5129G2540G2532G1722G165G2064G2222G166 31Then taking the Twelve [apostles] aside, He said to them, Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written about the Son of Man through {and} by the prophets will be fulfilled.G1161G3880G1427G2036G4314G846G2400G305G1519G2414G2532G3956G1125G1223G4396G5207G444G5055 32For He will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be made sport of {and} scoffed {and} jeered at and insulted and spit upon.G1063G3860G1484G2532G1702G2532G5195G2532G1716 33They will flog Him and kill Him; and on the third day He will rise again.G2532G3146G615G846G615G2532G5154G2250G450 34But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery {and} hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them.G2532G846G4920G3762G5130G2532G5124G4487G2258G2928G575G846G2532G3756G1097G3004 35As He came near to Jericho, it occurred that a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.G1161G1096G1722G846G1448G1519G2410G5100G5185G2521G3844G3598G4319 36And hearing a crowd going by, he asked what it meant.G1161G191G3793G1279G4441G5101G5124G1498 37They told him, Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.G1161G518G846G3754G2424G3480G3928 38And he shouted, saying, Jesus, Son of David, take pity {and} have mercy on me!G2532G994G3004G2424G5207G1138G1653G3165 39But those who were in front reproved him, telling him to keep quiet; yet he screamed {and} shrieked so much the more, Son of David, take pity {and} have mercy on me!G2532G4254G2008G846G2443G4623G1161G846G2896G4183G3123G5207G1138G1653G3165 40Then Jesus stood still and ordered that he be led to Him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him,G1161G2424G2476G2753G846G71G4314G846G1161G846G1448G1905G846 41What do you want Me to do for you? He said, Lord, let me receive my sight!G3004G5101G2309G4160G4671G1161G2036G2962G2443G308 42And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight! Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your faith in God) has healed you.G2532G2424G2036G846G308G4675G4102G4982G4571 43And instantly he received his sight and began to follow Jesus, recognizing, praising, {and} honoring God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God.G2532G3916G308G2532G190G846G1392G2316G2532G3956G2992G1492G1325G136G2316


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