18And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.G1161G3004G2532G3850G846G4314G1163G3842G4336G2532G3361G15732He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.G3004G2258G1722G5100G4172G5100G2923G5399G3361G2316G2532G3361G1788G4443And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'G1161G2258G5503G1722G1565G4172G2532G2064G4314G846G3004G1556G3165G575G3450G4764For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man,G2532G2309G3756G1909G5550G1161G5023G3326G2036G1722G1438G1499G5399G3756G2316G2532G3756G1788G4445yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"G1065G1223G5026G5503G3930G2873G3427G1556G846G3363G1519G5056G2064G5299G31656And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.G1161G2962G2036G191G5101G93G2923G30047And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?G1161G1557G3364G2316G4160G1557G846G1588G3588G994G2250G2532G3571G4314G846G2532G3114G1909G8468I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, 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 treated others with contempt:G1161G2036G2532G5026G3850G4314G5100G3588G3982G1909G1438G3754G1526G1342G2532G1848G306210"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.G1417G444G305G1519G2411G4336G1520G5330G2532G2087G505711The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.G5330G2476G4336G5023G4314G1438G2316G2168G4671G3754G1510G3756G5618G3062G444G727G94G3432G2228G2532G5613G3778G505712I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.'G3522G1364G4521G586G3956G3745G293213But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'G2532G5057G2476G3113G2309G3756G1869G3761G3788G1519G3772G235G5180G1519G846G4738G3004G2316G2433G3427G26814I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."G3004G5213G3778G2597G1519G846G3624G1344G2228G1565G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G1161G5013G1438G531215Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.G1161G4374G846G2532G1025G2443G680G846G1161G3101G1492G2008G84616But Jesus called them to him, saying, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.G1161G2424G4341G846G2036G863G3813G2064G4314G3165G2532G2967G846G3361G1063G5108G2076G932G231617Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."G281G3004G5213G3739G1209G3362G1209G932G2316G5613G3813G1525G3364G1525G1519G84618And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"G2532G5100G758G1905G846G3004G18G1320G5101G4160G2816G166G222219And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.G1161G2424G2036G846G5101G3004G3165G18G3762G18G1508G1520G231620You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'"G1492G1785G3431G3361G3431G5407G3361G5407G2813G3361G2813G5576G3361G5576G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G338421And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."G1161G2036G3956G5023G5442G1537G3450G350322When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."G1161G2424G191G5023G2036G846G2089G3007G4671G1520G4453G3956G3745G2192G2532G1239G4434G2532G2192G2344G1722G3772G2532G1204G190G342723But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.G1161G191G5023G1096G4036G1063G2258G4970G414524Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult 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 it said, "Then who can be saved?"G1161G191G2036G5101G2532G1410G498227But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."G1161G2036G102G3844G444G2076G1415G3844G231628And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you."G1161G4074G2036G2400G2249G863G3956G2532G190G467129And he said to them, "Truly, I say to 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 receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."G3739G618G3364G618G4179G1722G5129G2540G2532G1722G165G2064G2222G16631And taking the twelve, he 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 delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.G1063G3860G1484G2532G1702G2532G5195G2532G171633And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."G2532G3146G615G846G615G2532G5154G2250G45034But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.G2532G846G4920G3762G5130G2532G5124G4487G2258G2928G575G846G2532G3756G1097G300435As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.G1161G1096G1722G846G1448G1519G2410G5100G5185G2521G3844G3598G431936And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.G1161G191G3793G1279G4441G5101G5124G149837They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."G1161G518G846G3754G2424G3480G392838And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G994G3004G2424G5207G1138G1653G316539And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G4254G2008G846G2443G4623G1161G846G2896G4183G3123G5207G1138G1653G316540And Jesus stopped and commanded him 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 recover my sight."G3004G5101G2309G4160G4671G1161G2036G2962G2443G30842And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well."G2532G2424G2036G846G308G4675G4102G4982G457143And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.G2532G3916G308G2532G190G846G1392G2316G2532G3956G2992G1492G1325G136G2316