Luke Chapter 18

• Luke 18:1
  Luke.
• Luke 18:2
  He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
• Luke 18:3
  saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man.
• Luke 18:4
  A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
• Luke 18:5
  He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
• Luke 18:6
  yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
• Luke 18:7
  The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
• Luke 18:8
  Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
• Luke 18:9
  I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
• Luke 18:10
  He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
• Luke 18:11
  “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
• Luke 18:12
  The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or e...
• Luke 18:13
  I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
• Luke 18:14
  But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
• Luke 18:15
  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 himse...
• Luke 18:16
  They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
• Luke 18:17
  Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.
• Luke 18:18
  Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
• Luke 18:19
  A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 18:20
  Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.
• Luke 18:21
  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.’”
• Luke 18:22
  He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
• Luke 18:23
  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. Then you will have tre...
• Luke 18:24
  But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
• Luke 18:25
  Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
• Luke 18:26
  For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
• Luke 18:27
  Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
• Luke 18:28
  But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
• Luke 18:29
  Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
• Luke 18:30
  He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for God’s Kingdom’s sa...
• Luke 18:31
  who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”
• Luke 18:32
  He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning ...
• Luke 18:33
  For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.
• Luke 18:34
  They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
• Luke 18:35
  They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
• Luke 18:36
  As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
• Luke 18:37
  Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
• Luke 18:38
  They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
• Luke 18:39
  He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
• Luke 18:40
  Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
• Luke 18:41
  Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
• Luke 18:42
  “What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”
• Luke 18:43
  Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
• Luke 18:44
  Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.