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Luke 18 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:4 - For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6 - And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:7 - Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:8 - I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

The Pharisee and the Publican

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10 - "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers - or even like this tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:14 - I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
(Mat 19:13–15; Mar 10:13–16 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:15 - Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:16 - But Jesus called for the children, saying, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:17 - I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

The Rich Young Ruler

(Mat 19:16–22; Mar 10:17–22 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:18 - Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:19 - Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:21 - The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:23 - But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.
(Mat 19:23–30; Mar 10:23–31 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:24 - When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:25 - In fact, 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."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:26 - Those who heard this said, "Then who can be saved?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:27 - He replied, "What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:28 - And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:29 - Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:30 - who will not receive many times more in this age - and in the age to come, eternal life."
(Mat 20:17–19; Mar 10:32–34 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:31 - Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:32 - For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:34 - But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

Bartimaeus Receives Sight

(Mat 20:29–34; Mar 10:46–52 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:35 - As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:36 - When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:37 - They told him, "Jesus the Nazarene is passing by."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:38 - So he called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:39 - And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 - So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:41 - "What do you want me to do for you?" He replied, "Lord, let me see again."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:42 - Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:43 - And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.
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