Chapter 18
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He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
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saying, “+w There|strong=“G2532”+w* +w was|strong=“G1510”+w* +w a|strong=“G2532”+w* +w judge|strong=“G2923”+w* +w in|strong=“G1722”+w* +w a|strong=“G2532”+w* +w certain|strong=“G5100”+w* +w city|strong=“G4172”+w* +w who|strong=“G3588”+w* didn’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w fear|strong=“G5399”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w* +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* didn’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w respect|strong=“G1788”+w* +w man|strong=“G5100”+w*.
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+w A|strong=“G2532”+w* +w widow|strong=“G5503”+w* +w was|strong=“G1510”+w* +w in|strong=“G1722”+w* +w that|strong=“G3588”+w* +w city|strong=“G4172”+w*, +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w she|strong=“G2532”+w* often +w came|strong=“G2064”+w* +w to|strong=“G4314”+w* +w him|strong=“G3588”+w*, +w saying|strong=“G3004”+w*, ‘Defend +w me|strong=“G1473”+w* +w from|strong=“G2064”+w* +w my|strong=“G1722”+w* adversary!’
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+w He|strong=“G2532”+w* wouldn’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w for|strong=“G1909”+w* +w a|strong=“G2532”+w* +w while|strong=“G1722”+w*; +w but|strong=“G1161”+w* +w afterward|strong=“G3326”+w* +w he|strong=“G2532”+w* +w said|strong=“G3004”+w* +w to|strong=“G2532”+w* +w himself|strong=“G1438”+w*, ‘+w Though|strong=“G1487”+w* +w I|strong=“G2532”+w* +w neither|strong=“G3761”+w* +w fear|strong=“G5399”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w* +w nor|strong=“G3761”+w* +w respect|strong=“G1788”+w* +w man|strong=“G3778”+w*,
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+w yet|strong=“G1065”+w* +w because|strong=“G1223”+w* +w this|strong=“G3778”+w* +w widow|strong=“G5503”+w* +w bothers|strong=“G3930”+w* +w me|strong=“G1473”+w*, +w I|strong=“G1473”+w* +w will|strong=“G1473”+w* defend +w her|strong=“G1438”+w*, +w or|strong=“G3361”+w* +w else|strong=“G3361”+w* +w she|strong=“G2443”+w* +w will|strong=“G1473”+w* +w wear|strong=“G5299”+w* +w me|strong=“G1473”+w* +w out|strong=“G2064”+w* +w by|strong=“G1223”+w* +w her|strong=“G1438”+w* +w continual|strong=“G5056”+w* +w coming|strong=“G2064”+w*.’”
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The Lord said, “Listen +w to|strong=“G3004”+w* +w what|strong=“G5101”+w* +w the|strong=“G1161”+w* unrighteous +w judge|strong=“G2923”+w* +w says|strong=“G3004”+w*.
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Won’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w* +w avenge|strong=“G1557”+w* +w his|strong=“G1909”+w* +w chosen|strong=“G1588”+w* ones +w who|strong=“G3588”+w* +w are|strong=“G3588”+w* crying +w out|strong=“G2532”+w* +w to|strong=“G2532”+w* +w him|strong=“G3588”+w* +w day|strong=“G2250”+w* +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w night|strong=“G3571”+w*, +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w yet|strong=“G2532”+w* +w he|strong=“G2532”+w* +w exercises|strong=“G4160”+w* +w patience|strong=“G3114”+w* +w with|strong=“G2532”+w* +w them|strong=“G3588”+w*?
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+w I|strong=“G3754”+w* +w tell|strong=“G3004”+w* +w you|strong=“G5210”+w* +w that|strong=“G3754”+w* +w he|strong=“G3754”+w* +w will|strong=“G1093”+w* +w avenge|strong=“G1557”+w* +w them|strong=“G3588”+w* +w quickly|strong=“G5034”+w*. +w Nevertheless|strong=“G4133”+w*, +w when|strong=“G1722”+w* +w the|strong=“G1722”+w* +w Son|strong=“G5207”+w* +w of|strong=“G5207”+w* +w Man|strong=“G5207”+w* +w comes|strong=“G2064”+w*, +w will|strong=“G1093”+w* +w he|strong=“G3754”+w* +w find|strong=“G2147”+w* +w faith|strong=“G4102”+w* +w on|strong=“G1909”+w* +w the|strong=“G1722”+w* +w earth|strong=“G1093”+w*?”
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He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
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“+w Two|strong=“G1417”+w* +w men|strong=“G1417”+w* +w went|strong=“G2532”+w* +w up|strong=“G1519”+w* +w into|strong=“G1519”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w temple|strong=“G2411”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w pray|strong=“G4336”+w*; +w one|strong=“G1520”+w* +w was|strong=“G3588”+w* +w a|strong=“G2532”+w* +w Pharisee|strong=“G5330”+w*, +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w other|strong=“G2087”+w* +w was|strong=“G3588”+w* +w a|strong=“G2532”+w* +w tax|strong=“G5057”+w* +w collector|strong=“G5057”+w*.
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+w The|strong=“G2532”+w* +w Pharisee|strong=“G5330”+w* +w stood|strong=“G2476”+w* +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w prayed|strong=“G4336”+w* +w by|strong=“G4314”+w* +w himself|strong=“G1438”+w* +w like|strong=“G5613”+w* +w this|strong=“G3778”+w*: ‘+w God|strong=“G2316”+w*, +w I|strong=“G2532”+w* +w thank|strong=“G2168”+w* +w you|strong=“G4771”+w* +w that|strong=“G3754”+w* +w I|strong=“G2532”+w* +w am|strong=“G1510”+w* +w not|strong=“G3756”+w* +w like|strong=“G5613”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w rest|strong=“G3062”+w* +w of|strong=“G2316”+w* +w men|strong=“G3778”+w*: extortionists, unrighteous, +w adulterers|strong=“G3432”+w*, +w or|strong=“G2228”+w* +w even|strong=“G2532”+w* +w like|strong=“G5613”+w* +w this|strong=“G3778”+w* +w tax|strong=“G5057”+w* +w collector|strong=“G5057”+w*.
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+w I|strong=“G3745”+w* +w fast|strong=“G3522”+w* +w twice|strong=“G1364”+w* +w a|strong=“G2932”+w* +w week|strong=“G4521”+w*. +w I|strong=“G3745”+w* +w give|strong=“G3956”+w* tithes +w of|strong=“G3956”+w* +w all|strong=“G3956”+w* +w that|strong=“G3588”+w* +w I|strong=“G3745”+w* +w get|strong=“G2932”+w*.’
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+w But|strong=“G1161”+w* +w the|strong=“G1519”+w* +w tax|strong=“G5057”+w* +w collector|strong=“G5057”+w*, +w standing|strong=“G2476”+w* +w far|strong=“G3113”+w* +w away|strong=“G3113”+w*, wouldn’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w even|strong=“G3761”+w* +w lift|strong=“G1869”+w* +w up|strong=“G1869”+w* +w his|strong=“G1519”+w* +w eyes|strong=“G3788”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w heaven|strong=“G3772”+w*, +w but|strong=“G1161”+w* +w beat|strong=“G5180”+w* +w his|strong=“G1519”+w* +w chest|strong=“G4738”+w*, +w saying|strong=“G3004”+w*, ‘+w God|strong=“G2316”+w*, +w be|strong=“G3756”+w* +w merciful|strong=“G2433”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w me|strong=“G1473”+w*, +w a|strong=“G1519”+w* sinner!’
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+w I|strong=“G1161”+w* +w tell|strong=“G3004”+w* +w you|strong=“G5210”+w*, +w this|strong=“G3778”+w* +w man|strong=“G3778”+w* +w went|strong=“G2597”+w* +w down|strong=“G2597”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w his|strong=“G1438”+w* +w house|strong=“G3624”+w* +w justified|strong=“G1344”+w* +w rather|strong=“G2228”+w* +w than|strong=“G2228”+w* +w the|strong=“G1519”+w* +w other|strong=“G1161”+w*; +w for|strong=“G1063”+w* +w everyone|strong=“G3956”+w* +w who|strong=“G3588”+w* +w exalts|strong=“G5312”+w* +w himself|strong=“G1438”+w* +w will|strong=“G3956”+w* +w be|strong=“G3956”+w* +w humbled|strong=“G5013”+w*, +w but|strong=“G1161”+w* +w he|strong=“G1161”+w* +w who|strong=“G3588”+w* +w humbles|strong=“G5013”+w* +w himself|strong=“G1438”+w* +w will|strong=“G3956”+w* +w be|strong=“G3956”+w* +w exalted|strong=“G5312”+w*.”
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They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
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Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* little +w children|strong=“G3813”+w* +w to|strong=“G4314”+w* +w come|strong=“G2064”+w* +w to|strong=“G4314”+w* +w me|strong=“G1473”+w*, +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* don’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w hinder|strong=“G2967”+w* +w them|strong=“G3588”+w*, +w for|strong=“G1063”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w*’s Kingdom +w belongs|strong=“G1510”+w* +w to|strong=“G4314”+w* +w such|strong=“G5108”+w* +w as|strong=“G1161”+w* +w these|strong=“G3588”+w*.
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+w Most|strong=“G2316”+w* +w certainly|strong=“G3756”+w*, +w I|strong=“G3739”+w* +w tell|strong=“G3004”+w* +w you|strong=“G5210”+w*, +w whoever|strong=“G3739”+w* doesn’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w receive|strong=“G1209”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w*’s Kingdom +w like|strong=“G5613”+w* +w a|strong=“G5613”+w* little +w child|strong=“G3813”+w*, +w he|strong=“G3739”+w* +w will|strong=“G2316”+w* +w in|strong=“G1519”+w* +w no|strong=“G3756”+w* +w way|strong=“G5613”+w* +w enter|strong=“G1525”+w* +w into|strong=“G1519”+w* +w it|strong=“G3739”+w*.”
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A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
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Jesus asked him, “+w Why|strong=“G5101”+w* +w do|strong=“G5101”+w* +w you|strong=“G1487”+w* +w call|strong=“G3004”+w* +w me|strong=“G1473”+w* +w good|strong=“G5101”+w*? +w No|strong=“G3762”+w* +w one|strong=“G1520”+w* +w is|strong=“G3588”+w* +w good|strong=“G5101”+w*, +w except|strong=“G1487”+w* +w one|strong=“G1520”+w*: +w God|strong=“G2316”+w*.
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+w You|strong=“G4771”+w* +w know|strong=“G1492”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w commandments|strong=“G1785”+w*: ‘Don’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w commit|strong=“G3431”+w* +w adultery|strong=“G3431”+w*,’ ‘Don’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w murder|strong=“G5407”+w*,’ ‘Don’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w steal|strong=“G2813”+w*,’ ‘Don’+w t|strong=“G3588”+w* +w give|strong=“G5576”+w* +w false|strong=“G5576”+w* +w testimony|strong=“G5576”+w*,’ ‘+w Honor|strong=“G5091”+w* +w your|strong=“G5091”+w* +w father|strong=“G3962”+w* +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w your|strong=“G5091”+w* +w mother|strong=“G3384”+w*.’”
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He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
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When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “+w You|strong=“G4771”+w* +w still|strong=“G2089”+w* +w lack|strong=“G3007”+w* +w one|strong=“G1520”+w* +w thing|strong=“G1520”+w*. +w Sell|strong=“G4453”+w* +w all|strong=“G3956”+w* +w that|strong=“G3588”+w* +w you|strong=“G4771”+w* +w have|strong=“G2192”+w* +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w distribute|strong=“G1239”+w* +w it|strong=“G2532”+w* +w to|strong=“G2532”+w* +w the|strong=“G1722”+w* +w poor|strong=“G4434”+w*. +w Then|strong=“G2532”+w* +w you|strong=“G4771”+w* +w will|strong=“G2532”+w* +w have|strong=“G2192”+w* +w treasure|strong=“G2344”+w* +w in|strong=“G1722”+w* +w heaven|strong=“G3772”+w*; +w then|strong=“G2532”+w* +w come|strong=“G1204”+w*, +w follow|strong=“G1161”+w* +w me|strong=“G1473”+w*.”
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But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
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Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “+w How|strong=“G4459”+w* +w hard|strong=“G1423”+w* +w it|strong=“G1161”+w* +w is|strong=“G3588”+w* +w for|strong=“G1519”+w* +w those|strong=“G3588”+w* +w who|strong=“G3588”+w* +w have|strong=“G2192”+w* +w riches|strong=“G5536”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w enter|strong=“G1531”+w* +w into|strong=“G1519”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w*’+w s|strong=“G2192”+w* Kingdom!
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+w For|strong=“G1063”+w* +w it|strong=“G1063”+w* +w is|strong=“G1510”+w* +w easier|strong=“G2123”+w* +w for|strong=“G1063”+w* +w a|strong=“G1519”+w* +w camel|strong=“G2574”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w enter|strong=“G1525”+w* +w in|strong=“G1519”+w* +w through|strong=“G1223”+w* +w a|strong=“G1519”+w* needle’s eye +w than|strong=“G2228”+w* +w for|strong=“G1063”+w* +w a|strong=“G1519”+w* +w rich|strong=“G4145”+w* +w man|strong=“G4145”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w enter|strong=“G1525”+w* +w into|strong=“G1519”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w*’s Kingdom.”
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Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
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But he said, “+w The|strong=“G1161”+w* +w things|strong=“G3588”+w* +w which|strong=“G3588”+w* +w are|strong=“G1510”+w* impossible +w with|strong=“G3844”+w* +w men|strong=“G3588”+w* +w are|strong=“G1510”+w* +w possible|strong=“G1415”+w* +w with|strong=“G3844”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w*.”
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Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
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He said to them, “+w Most|strong=“G2316”+w* certainly +w I|strong=“G3739”+w* +w tell|strong=“G3004”+w* +w you|strong=“G5210”+w*, +w there|strong=“G1161”+w* +w is|strong=“G1510”+w* +w no|strong=“G3762”+w* +w one|strong=“G3762”+w* +w who|strong=“G3739”+w* +w has|strong=“G2316”+w* left +w house|strong=“G3614”+w*, +w or|strong=“G2228”+w* +w wife|strong=“G1135”+w*, +w or|strong=“G2228”+w* brothers, +w or|strong=“G2228”+w* +w parents|strong=“G1118”+w*, +w or|strong=“G2228”+w* +w children|strong=“G5043”+w*, +w for|strong=“G1752”+w* +w God|strong=“G2316”+w*’s Kingdom’s +w sake|strong=“G1752”+w*,
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+w who|strong=“G3739”+w* +w will|strong=“G2532”+w* +w not|strong=“G3361”+w* receive +w many|strong=“G4179”+w* +w times|strong=“G2540”+w* +w more|strong=“G2532”+w* +w in|strong=“G1722”+w* +w this|strong=“G3778”+w* +w time|strong=“G2540”+w*, +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w in|strong=“G1722”+w* +w the|strong=“G1722”+w* world +w to|strong=“G2532”+w* +w come|strong=“G2064”+w*, eternal +w life|strong=“G2222”+w*.”
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He took the twelve aside and said to them, “+w Behold|strong=“G2400”+w*, +w we|strong=“G2532”+w* +w are|strong=“G3588”+w* +w going|strong=“G2532”+w* +w up|strong=“G1519”+w* +w to|strong=“G1519”+w* +w Jerusalem|strong=“G2419”+w*, +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w all|strong=“G3956”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w things|strong=“G3956”+w* +w that|strong=“G3588”+w* +w are|strong=“G3588”+w* +w written|strong=“G1125”+w* +w through|strong=“G1223”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w prophets|strong=“G4396”+w* +w concerning|strong=“G1519”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w Son|strong=“G5207”+w* +w of|strong=“G5207”+w* +w Man|strong=“G3956”+w* +w will|strong=“G2532”+w* +w be|strong=“G2532”+w* +w completed|strong=“G5055”+w*.
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+w For|strong=“G1063”+w* +w he|strong=“G2532”+w* +w will|strong=“G2532”+w* +w be|strong=“G2532”+w* +w delivered|strong=“G3860”+w* +w up|strong=“G3860”+w* +w to|strong=“G2532”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w Gentiles|strong=“G1484”+w*, +w will|strong=“G2532”+w* +w be|strong=“G2532”+w* +w mocked|strong=“G1702”+w*, treated shamefully, +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* +w spit|strong=“G1716”+w* +w on|strong=“G3588”+w*.
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+w They|strong=“G2532”+w* +w will|strong=“G2532”+w* +w scourge|strong=“G3146”+w* +w and|strong=“G2532”+w* kill +w him|strong=“G3588”+w*. +w On|strong=“G3588”+w* +w the|strong=“G2532”+w* +w third|strong=“G5154”+w* +w day|strong=“G2250”+w*, +w he|strong=“G2532”+w* +w will|strong=“G2532”+w* +w rise|strong=“G2250”+w* +w again|strong=“G2532”+w*.”
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They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
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As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
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Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
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They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
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He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
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Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
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Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
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“+w What|strong=“G5101”+w* +w do|strong=“G4160”+w* +w you|strong=“G4771”+w* +w want|strong=“G2309”+w* +w me|strong=“G3004”+w* +w to|strong=“G2443”+w* +w do|strong=“G4160”+w*?”
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Jesus said to him, “+w Receive|strong=“G4102”+w* +w your|strong=“G2532”+w* +w sight|strong=“G3588”+w*. +w Your|strong=“G2532”+w* +w faith|strong=“G4102”+w* +w has|strong=“G4102”+w* +w healed|strong=“G4982”+w* +w you|strong=“G4771”+w*.”
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Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.