(28)Even so, likewise, it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; (29)but the day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. (30)Just so will it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. (31)In that day, let not the man who is upon the roof, and his goods in the house, go down to carry them away: and he that is in the field, in like manner, let him not return for any things behind him. (32)Remember Lot's wife. (33)Whosoever seeketh to preserve his life shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall preserve it. (34)I tell you, in that night two shall be in the same bed; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. (35)Two shall be in the field; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. (36)TEXT OMITTED (37)And they answering, said to him, Where, Lord? And he said, Wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. CHAP. XVIII. THEN he spake also to them a parable, to shew that we ought to pray always, and not faint; (2)saying, There was a certain judge in a particular city, having no fear of God, nor respect for man: (3)and there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Do me justice against my adversary. (4)And he would not for a long while: but after this he said, Though I fear not God, nor respect man; (5)yet because this woman is so troublesome to me, I will do her justice, lest by her perpetual coming she stun me with her importunity, (6)Then said the Lord, Hear what the unjust judge saith. (7)And shall not God execute vengeance for his own elect, who cry out to him day and night, though he bear long with them? (8)Yes, I tell you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, ah! shall he find faith on the earth? (9)Then he spake also this parable to certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: (10)Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-farmer. (11)The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer. (12)I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all things I possess. (13)And the tax-gatherer standing at a distance, would not even so much as lift his eyes heaven-ward, but smote on his breast, saying, May God accept the atonement for me a sinner! (14)I say to you, Went this man down to his house justified, or the other? for every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.