Luke 18:42 - Prayer Tents



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Luke 18
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18Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.G1161G3004G2532G3850G846G4314G1163G3842G4336G2532G3361G1573 2He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people.G3004G2258G1722G5100G4172G5100G2923G5399G3361G2316G2532G3361G1788G444 3In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.'G1161G2258G5503G1722G1565G4172G2532G2064G4314G846G3004G1556G3165G575G3450G476 4For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,G2532G2309G3756G1909G5550G1161G5023G3326G2036G1722G1438G1499G5399G3756G2316G2532G3756G1788G444 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'"G1065G1223G5026G5503G3930G2873G3427G1556G846G3363G1519G5056G2064G5299G3165 6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.G1161G2962G2036G191G5101G93G2923G3004 7And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?G1161G1557G3364G2316G4160G1557G846G1588G3588G994G2250G2532G3571G4314G846G2532G3114G1909G846 8I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"G3004G5213G3754G4160G1557G846G5034G1722G4133G687G5207G444G2064G2147G4102G1909G1093 9He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:G1161G2036G2532G5026G3850G4314G5100G3588G3982G1909G1438G3754G1526G1342G2532G1848G3062 10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.G1417G444G305G1519G2411G4336G1520G5330G2532G2087G5057 11The 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.G5330G2476G4336G5023G4314G1438G2316G2168G4671G3754G1510G3756G5618G3062G444G727G94G3432G2228G2532G5613G3778G5057 12I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.'G3522G1364G4521G586G3956G3745G2932 13But 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!'G2532G5057G2476G3113G2309G3756G1869G3761G3788G1519G3772G235G5180G1519G846G4738G3004G2316G2433G3427G268 14I 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."G3004G5213G3778G2597G1519G846G3624G1344G2228G1565G3754G3956G5312G1438G5013G1161G5013G1438G5312 15People 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.G1161G4374G846G2532G1025G2443G680G846G1161G3101G1492G2008G846 16But 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.G1161G2424G4341G846G2036G863G3813G2064G4314G3165G2532G2967G846G3361G1063G5108G2076G932G2316 17Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."G281G3004G5213G3739G1209G3362G1209G932G2316G5613G3813G1525G3364G1525G1519G846 18A certain ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"G2532G5100G758G1905G846G3004G18G1320G5101G4160G2816G166G2222 19Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.G1161G2424G2036G846G5101G3004G3165G18G3762G18G1508G1520G2316 20You 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.'"G1492G1785G3431G3361G3431G5407G3361G5407G2813G3361G2813G5576G3361G5576G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G3384 21He replied, "I have kept all these since my youth."G1161G2036G3956G5023G5442G1537G3450G3503 22When 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."G1161G2424G191G5023G2036G846G2089G3007G4671G1520G4453G3956G3745G2192G2532G1239G4434G2532G2192G2344G1722G3772G2532G1204G190G3427 23But when he heard this, he became sad; for he was very rich.G1161G191G5023G1096G4036G1063G2258G4970G4145 24Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!G1161G2424G1492G846G1096G4036G2036G4459G1423G1525G2192G5536G1525G1519G932G2316 25Indeed, 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."G1063G2076G2123G2574G1525G1223G4476G5168G2228G4145G1525G1519G932G2316 26Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"G1161G191G2036G5101G2532G1410G4982 27He replied, "What is impossible for mortals is possible for God."G1161G2036G102G3844G444G2076G1415G3844G2316 28Then Peter said, "Look, we have left our homes and followed you."G1161G4074G2036G2400G2249G863G3956G2532G190G4671 29And 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,G1161G2036G846G281G3004G5213G3754G2076G3762G3739G863G3614G2228G1118G2228G80G2228G1135G2228G5043G1752G932G2316G1752 30who will not get back very much more in this age, and in the age to come eternal life."G3739G618G3364G618G4179G1722G5129G2540G2532G1722G165G2064G2222G166 31Then 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.G1161G3880G1427G2036G4314G846G2400G305G1519G2414G2532G3956G1125G1223G4396G5207G444G5055 32For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon.G1063G3860G1484G2532G1702G2532G5195G2532G1716 33After they have flogged him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."G2532G3146G615G846G615G2532G5154G2250G450 34But they understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.G2532G846G4920G3762G5130G2532G5124G4487G2258G2928G575G846G2532G3756G1097G3004 35As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.G1161G1096G1722G846G1448G1519G2410G5100G5185G2521G3844G3598G4319 36When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was happening.G1161G191G3793G1279G4441G5101G5124G1498 37They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."G1161G518G846G3754G2424G3480G3928 38Then he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G994G3004G2424G5207G1138G1653G3165 39Those who were in front sternly ordered him to be quiet; but he shouted even more loudly, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G4254G2008G846G2443G4623G1161G846G2896G4183G3123G5207G1138G1653G3165 40Jesus stood still and ordered the man to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him,G1161G2424G2476G2753G846G71G4314G846G1161G846G1448G1905G846 41"What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me see again."G3004G5101G2309G4160G4671G1161G2036G2962G2443G308 42Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has saved you."G2532G2424G2036G846G308G4675G4102G4982G4571 43Immediately he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God.G2532G3916G308G2532G190G846G1392G2316G2532G3956G2992G1492G1325G136G2316


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