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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Parable of the Persistent Widow
And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God and not respecting man:
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.
“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God and respect not man,
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”
at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?
I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
The Pharisee and Tax Collector
And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:
And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:
“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people — robbers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector.
The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
I say unto you, This [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
The Little Children and Jesus
People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
Jesus Blesses the Children
And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw [it] rebuked them.
And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw [it] rebuked them.
But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
But Jesus calling them to [him] said, Suffer little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.
Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
The Rich and the Kingdom of God
A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
The Rich Young Ruler
And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?
And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good — except God alone.
But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God.
Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
“All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.
And he said, All these things have I kept from my youth.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.
When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy.
But when he heard this he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.
Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God;
Indeed, 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.”
for it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
And those who heard it said, And who can be saved?
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
But he said, The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.
Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
And Peter said, Behold, *we* have left all things and have followed thee.
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”
who shall not receive manifold more at this time, and in the coming age life eternal.
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
Jesus Again Predicts His Death
And he took the twelve to [him] and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written of the Son of man by the prophets shall be accomplished;
And he took the twelve to [him] and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written of the Son of man by the prophets shall be accomplished;
He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;
for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon.
they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
And when they have scourged [him] they will kill him; and on the third day he will rise again.
The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
And they understood nothing of these things. And this word was hidden from them, and they did not know what was said.
A Blind Beggar Receives His Sight
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar
And it came to pass when he came into the neighbourhood of Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging.
And it came to pass when he came into the neighbourhood of Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging.
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this might be.
They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
And they told him that Jesus the Nazaraean was passing by.
He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
And he called out saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
And those [who were] going before rebuked him that he might be silent; but *he* cried out so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.
Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,
And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be led to him. And when he drew nigh he asked him [saying],
“What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I may see.
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.”
And Jesus said to him, See: thy faith has healed thee.