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Luke 18:1 (NIV)
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Luke 18:2 (NIV)
He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
Luke 18:3 (NIV)
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
Luke 18:4 (NIV)
“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
Luke 18:5 (NIV)
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”
Luke 18:6 (NIV)
And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
Luke 18:7 (NIV)
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?
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 18:18 (NIV)
A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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.”