Dual Panel1Then <1161> Jesus told <3004> them <846> a parable <3850> to show them they should <1163> always <3842> pray <4336> and <2532> not <3361> lose heart <1573>.
2He said <3004>, “In <1722> a certain <5100> city <4172> there was <1510> a judge <2923> who neither <3361> feared <5399> God <2316> nor <3361> respected <1788> people <444>.
3There was <1510> also <1161> a widow <5503> in <1722> that <1565> city <4172> who kept coming <2064> to <4314> him <846> and saying <3004>, ‘Give <1556> me <3165> justice <1556> against <575> my <3450> adversary <476>.’
4For a while he refused <2309>, refused <3756>, but later on <5550> <3326> <5023> he said <2036> to <1722> himself <1438>, ‘Though <1487> I <5399> neither <3756> fear <5399> God <2316> nor <3761> have regard <1788> for people <444>,
5yet <1065> because <1223> this <3778> widow <5503> keeps on <3930> bothering <2873> me <3427>, I will give <1556> her <846> justice <1556>, or in <1519> the end <5056> she will wear <5299> me <3165> out by her unending pleas.’”
6And <1161> the Lord <2962> said <2036>, “Listen <191> to what <5101> the unrighteous <93> judge <2923> says <3004>!
7Won’t <3756> <3361> God <2316> give <4160> justice <1557> to his <846> chosen ones <1588>, who cry out <994> to him <846> day <2250> and <2532> night <3571>? Will he delay long to help <3114> them <846>?
8I tell <3004> you <5213>, he will give <4160> them <846> justice <1557> speedily <5034>. Nevertheless <4133>, when the Son <5207> of Man <444> comes <2064>, will he find <2147> faith <4102> on <1909> earth <1093>?”
9Jesus also <2532> told <2036> this <3778> parable <3850> to <4314> some <5100> who were confident <3982> <1909> <1438> that <3754> they were <1510> righteous <1342> and <2532> looked down <1848> on everyone else <3062>.
10“Two <1417> men <444> went up <305> to <1519> the temple <2411> to pray <4336>, one <1520> a Pharisee <5330> and <2532> the other <2087> a tax collector <5057>.
11The Pharisee <5330> stood <2476> and prayed <4336> about himself <1438> like <4314> this <5023>: ‘God <2316>, I thank <2168> you <4671> that <3754> I am <1510> not <3756> like <5618> other <3062> people <444>: extortionists <727>, unrighteous people <94>, adulterers <3432>– or <2228> even <2532> like <5613> this <3778> tax collector <5057>.
12I fast <3522> twice <1364> a week <4521>; I give a tenth <586> of everything <3956> I get <2932>.’
13The tax collector <5057>, however, stood <2476> far off <3113> and would <2309> not even <3761> look up <3788> <1869> to <1519> heaven <3772>, but <235> beat <5180> his <1438> breast <4738> and said <3004>, ‘God <2316>, be merciful <2433> to me <3427>, sinner <268> that I am!’
14I tell <3004> you <5213> that this man <3778> went down <2597> to <1519> his <846> home <3624> justified <1344> rather <1565> than <3844> the Pharisee. For <3754> everyone <3956> who exalts <5312> himself <1438> will be humbled <5013>, but <1161> he who humbles <5013> himself <1438> will be exalted <5312>.”
15Now <1161> people were even bringing <4374> their babies <1025> to him for him to touch <680>. But <1161> when the disciples <3101> saw <1492> it, they began to scold <2008> those who brought them <846>.
16But <1161> Jesus <2424> called <4341> for the children <846>, saying <3004>, “Let <863> the little children <3813> come <2064> to <4314> me <3165> and <2532> do <2967> not <3361> try to stop <2967> them <846>, for <1063> the kingdom <932> of God <2316> belongs <1510> to such as these <5108>.
17I tell <3004> you <5213> the truth <281>, whoever <302> does <1209> not <3361> receive <1209> the kingdom <932> of God <2316> like <5613> a child <3813> will <1525> never <3361> enter <1525> it <846>.”
18Now <2532> a certain <5100> ruler <758> asked <1905> him <846>, “Good <18> teacher <1320>, what <5101> must <4160> I do <4160> to inherit <2816> eternal <166> life <2222>?”
19Jesus <2424> said <2036> to him <846>, “Why <5101> do you call <3004> me <3165> good <18>? No one <3762> is good <18> except <1487> <3361> God <2316> alone <1520>.
20You know <1492> the commandments <1785>: ‘Do <3431> not <3361> commit adultery <3431>, do <5407> not <3361> murder <5407>, do <2813> not <3361> steal <2813>, do <5576> not <3361> give false testimony <5576>, honor <5091> your <4675> father <3962> and <2532> mother <3384>.’”
21The man replied <2036>, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed <5442> all <3956> these <5023> laws since <1537> my youth <3503>.”
22When <1161> Jesus <2424> heard <191> this, he said <2036> to him <846>, “One thing <1520> you <4671> still <2089> lack <3007>. Sell <4453> all <3956> <3745> that you have <2192> and <2532> give <1239> the money to the poor <4434>, and <2532> you will have <2192> treasure <2344> in <1722> heaven <3772>. Then <2532> come <1204>, follow <190> me <3427>.”
23But <1161> when <191> the man heard <191> this <5023> he became <1096> very sad <4036>, for <1063> he was <1510> extremely <4970> wealthy <4145>.
24When <1161> Jesus <2424> noticed <1492> this <846>, he said <2036>, “How <4459> hard <1423> it is for the rich <5536> <2192> to <1519> enter <1531> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>!
25In fact, it is <1510> easier <2123> for <1063> a camel <2574> to go <1525> through <1223> the eye <5168> of a needle <4476> than <2228> for a rich <4145> person to enter <1525> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>.”
26Those <1161> who heard <191> this said <3004>, “Then <2532> who <5101> can <1410> be saved <4982>?”
27He replied <2036>, “What is impossible <102> for <3844> mere humans <444> is <1510> possible <1415> for <3844> God <2316>.”
28And <1161> Peter <4074> said <2036>, “Look <2400>, we <2249> have left <863> everything we own <2398> to follow <190> you <4671>!”
29Then <1161> Jesus said <2036> to them <846>, “I tell <3004> you <5213> the truth <281>, there is <1510> no one <3762> who <3739> has left <863> home <3614> or <2228> wife <1135> or <2228> brothers <80> or <2228> parents <1118> or <2228> children <5043> for the sake <1752> of God’s <2316> kingdom <932>
30who <3739> will <2983> not <3780> <3361> receive <2983> many times more <4179> in <1722> this <5129> age <2540>– and <2532> in <1722> the age <165> to come <2064>, eternal <166> life <2222>.”
31Then <1161> Jesus took <3880> the twelve <1427> aside <3880> and said <2036> to <4314> them <846>, “Look <2400>, we are going up <305> to <1519> Jerusalem <2419>, and <2532> everything <3956> that is written <1125> about the Son <5207> of Man <444> by <1223> the prophets <4396> will be accomplished <5055>.
32For <1063> he will be handed over <3860> to the Gentiles <1484>; he will be mocked <1702>, mistreated <5195>, and <2532> spat on <1716>.
33They will flog <3146> him severely <3146> and kill <615> him <846>. Yet <2532> on the third <5154> day <2250> he will rise again <450>.”
34But <2532> the twelve <846> understood <4920> none <3762> of these <5130> things. This <5124> saying <4487> was hidden <2928> from <575> them <846>, and <2532> they did <1097> not <3756> grasp <1097> what Jesus meant <3004>.
35As Jesus <846> approached <1448> Jericho <2410>, a blind man <5185> was sitting <2521> by <3844> the road <3598> begging <1871>.
36When <191> he heard <191> a crowd <3793> going by <1279>, he asked <4441> what <5101> was going on.
37They told <518> him <846>, “Jesus <2424> the Nazarene <3480> is passing by <3928>.”
38So <2532> he called out <994>, “Jesus <2424>, Son <5207> of David <1138>, have mercy <1653> on me <3165>!”
39And <2532> those who were in front <4254> scolded <2008> him <846> to get <2443> him <846> to be quiet <4601>, but <1161> he shouted <2896> even more <4183> <3123>, “Son <5207> of David <1138>, have mercy <1653> on me <3165>!”
40So <1161> Jesus <2424> stopped <2476> and ordered <2753> the beggar <846> to be brought <71> to <4314> him <846>. When the man came near <1448>, Jesus <846> asked <1905> him <846>,
41“What <5101> do <2309> you <4671> want <2309> me to do <4160> for you?” He replied <2036>, “Lord <2962>, let me <2443> see again <308>.”
42Jesus <2424> said <2036> to him <846>, “Receive <308> your sight <308>; your <4675> faith <4102> has healed <4982> you <4571>.”
43And <2532> immediately <3916> he regained <308> his sight <308> and <2532> followed <190> Jesus <846>, praising <1392> God <2316>. When <2532> all <3956> the people <2992> saw <1492> it, they too gave <1325> praise <136> to God <2316>.