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Luke 18:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Luke 18:8 NIV

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?”

Luke 18:9 NIV

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable

Luke 18:10 NIV

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

Luke 18:11 NIV

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.

Luke 18:12 NIV

I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

Luke 18:13 NIV

“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.’

Luke 18:14 NIV

“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.”

Luke 18:15 NIV

People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.

Luke 18:16 NIV

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.

Luke 18:17 NIV

Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Luke 18:19 NIV

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.

Luke 18:20 NIV

You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”

Luke 18:21 NIV

“All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.

Luke 18:22 NIV

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.”

Luke 18:23 NIV

When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy.

Luke 18:24 NIV

Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 18:25 NIV

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.”

Luke 18:26 NIV

Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

Luke 18:27 NIV

Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

Luke 18:28 NIV

Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”

Luke 18:29 NIV

“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

Luke 18:30 NIV

will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”