Luke 18

JuliaSmith^{(i) 1} And he spake to them a parable, that they must always pray, and not lose courage; ² Saying, There was a certain judge in a certain city, fearing not God, and not occupied about man: ³ And a widow was in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. ⁴ And he would not for a time: and after these he said in himself, And if I fear not God, and am not occupied about man; ⁵ Yet because this widow produces fatigue to me, I will avenge her, lest in the end, coming, she give me a blow under the eyes. ⁶ And the Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice says. ⁷ And shall not God do the avenging of his chosen, crying to him day and night, being slow to anger toward them? ⁸ I say to you, that he will do their avenging swiftly. But the Son of man having come, shall he find faith upon earth ⁹ And he spake to certain trusting upon themselves that they were just, and setting at nought the rest, this parable: ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹ The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican. ¹² I fast twice of the Sabbath; I pay tithes of all I possess. ¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not either lift up the eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God propitiate for me the sinful. ¹⁴ I say to you, this one went down to his house justified rather than that one: for every one lifting up himself shall be humbled; and he humbling himself shall be lifted up. ¹⁵ And they also brought babes to him, that he might touch them: and the disciples having seen, censured them. ¹⁶ And Jesus having called them, said, Leave the young children to come to me, and hinder them not: for of such is time kingdom of God. ¹⁷ Truly I say to you, Whoever should not receive the kingdom of God as a young child should not enter into it. ¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life? ¹⁹ And Jesus said to him, Why sayest thou me good? none good except the one God. ²⁰ Thou knowest the commands, Thou shouldest not commit adultery, Thou shouldest not kill, Thou shouldest not steal, Thou shouldest not bear false testimony, Honour thy father and thy mother. ²¹ And he said, All these have I watched from my youth. ²² And Jesus having heard these, said to him, Yet one thing fails thee: all whatever thou hast, sell and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. ²³ And he having heard these things, was sorely grieved: for he was very rich. ²⁴ And Jesus having seen him being sorely grieved, said, With how much difficulty shall they having possessions come into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to come through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God. ²⁶ And they having heard, said, And who can be saved? ²⁷ And he said, The things impossible with men, are possible with God. ²⁸ And Peter said, Behold, we have left all, and followed thee. ²⁹ And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there is none who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ Who should not receive many fold in this time, and in life coming, eternal life. ³¹ And taking the twelve, he said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things written by the prophets shall be completed to the Son of man. ³² For he shall be delivered to the nations, and be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon: ³³ And having scourged, they shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise. ³⁴ And they understood nothing of these things: and this word was hidden from them, and they discerned not the things spoken. ³⁵ And it was in his drawing near to Jericho, a certain blind sat by the way, begging: ³⁶ And having heard the multitude passing by, he inquired what this might be. ³⁷ And they announced to him, That Jesus the Nazarite passes by. ³⁸ And he cried out, saying, Jesus, son of David, pity me. ³⁹ And they going before censured him, that he be silent: and he so much the more cried out, O son of David, pity me. ⁴⁰ And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought to him: and he having drawn near, he asked him, ⁴¹ Saying, What wilt thou I shall do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I:night see again. ⁴² And Jesus said to him, See again: thy faith has saved thee. ⁴³ And he immediately saw again, and followed him, honouring God: and all the people having seen, gave praise to God.