018:005 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else
she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
018:006 The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
018:007 Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him
day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
018:008 I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the
Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
018:009 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced
of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
018:010 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee,
and the other was a tax collector.
018:011 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this:
'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men,
extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like
this tax collector.
018:012 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
018:013 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift
up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God,
be merciful to me, a sinner!'
018:014 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather
than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
018:015 They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might
touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
018:016 Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come
to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs
to such as these.
018:017 Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom
of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
018:018 A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall
I do to inherit eternal life?"
018:019 Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good,
except one--God.
018:020 You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,'
'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father
and your mother.'"{Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20}
018:021 He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
018:022 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack
one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor.
You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
018:023 But when he heard these things, he became very sad,
for he was very rich.
018:024 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is
for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
018:025 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye,
than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
018:026 Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
018:027 But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are
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