Lukas 18

1 Men han sagde dem og en Lignelse derom, at man bør altid bede og ikke blive træt.2 Og han sagde: der var en Dommer i en Stad, som frygtede ikke Gud, og undsaae sig ikke for noget Menneske.3 Men der var en Enke i den samme Stad, og hun kom til ham og sagde: skaf mig Ret over min Modstander.4 Og han vilde længe ikke. Men derefter sagde han ved sig selv; alligevel jeg hverken frygter Gud, ei heller undseer mig for noget Menneske,5 dog, efterdi denne Enke gjør mig megen Besvær, vil jeg skaffe hende Ret, at hun ikke uden Ophør skal komme og plage mig.6 Men Herren sagde: hører, hvad den uretfærdige Dommer siger.7 Skulde da Gud ikke skaffe sine Udvalgte Ret, som raabte til ham Dag og Nat enddog han er langmodig imod dem?8 Jeg siger Eder, at han skal snart skaffe dem Ret. Dog, naar Menneskens Søn kommer, mon han skal finde Troen paa Jorden?9 Men han sagde og til Nogle, som stolede paa sig selv, at de vare retfærdige, og foragtede Andre, denne Lignelse:10 der gik to Mennesker op til Templet at bede; den Ene var en Pharisæer, og den anden en Tolder.11 Pharisæeren stod for sig selv, og bad saaledes: jeg takker dig, Gud! at jeg ikke er som andre Mennesker, Røvere, Uretfærdige, Hoerkarle eller og som denne Tolder.12 Jeg faster to Gange om Ugen, jeg giver Tiende af alt det, jeg eier.13 Og Tolderen stod langt borte og vilde end ikke opløfte Øiene til Himmelen, men slog sig for sit Bryst og sagde: Gud, vær mig Synder naadig!14 Jeg siger Eder: denne gik retfærdiggjort hjem til sit Huus fremfor den Anden; thi hvo sig selv ophøier, skal fornedres, men hvo sig selv fornedrer, skal ophøies.15 Men de bare og smaa Børn til ham, at han skulde røre ved dem; men der Disciplene saae det, truede de dem.16 Men Jesus kaldte dem til sig og sagde: lader de smaa Børn komme til mig, og formener dem det ikke; thi Guds Rige hører saadanne til.17 Sandelig siger jeg Eder: hvo som ikke annammer Guds Rige som et Barn kommer ingenlunde derind.18 Og en af de Øverste spurgte ham og sagde: gode Mester! hvad skal jeg gjøre, at jeg kan arve et evigt Liv?19 Men Jesus sagde til ham: hvi kalder du mig god? Ingen er god uden Een, det er Gud.20 Du veed Budene: du skal ikke bedrive Hoer; du skal ikke slaae ihjel; du skal ikke stjæle; du skal ikke bære falsk Vidnesbyrd; ær din Fader og din Moder.21 Da sagde han: dette har jeg holdet altsammen fra min Ungdom af.22 Men der Jesus det hørte, sagde han til ham: endnu fattes dig Eet: sælg alt det, du har, og uddeel det til Fattige, saa skal du have et Liggendefæ i Himmelen; og kom, følg mig.23 Men der han det hørte, blev han heel bedrøvet; thi han var saare rig.24 Men der Jesus saae, at han var bleven heel bedrøvet, sagde han: hvor vanskelig skulle de, som have Rigdom, komme ind i Guds Rige;25 thi det er lettere, at en Kameel gaaer igjennem et Naaleøie, end at en Rig kommer ind i Guds Rige.26 Men de, som hørte det, sagde: hvo kan da blive salig?27 Men han sagde: hvad som er umuligt for Mennesker, det er muligt for Gud.28 Men Peter sagde: see, vi have forladt Alting, og fulgt dig.29 Men hans agde til dem: sandelig siger jeg Eder: der er Ingen, som har forladt Huus eller Forældre eller Brødre eller Hustru eller Børn for Guds Riges Skyld,30 som jo skal annamme det mange Fold igjen i denne Tid og i den til kommende Verden et evigt Liv.31 Men han tog de Tolv til sig og sagde til dem: see, vi gaae op til Jerusalem, og alle de Ting, som ere skrevne Ved Propheterne, skulle fuldkommes paa Menneskens Søn.32 Thi han skal overantvordes Hedningerne og bespottes, forhaanes og bespyttes,33 og de skulle hudstryge og ihjelslaae ham; og tredie Dag skal han opstaae.34 Men de fattede Intet deraf, og denne Tale var skjult for dem, og de forstode ikke det, som blev sagt.35 Men det skete, der han kom nær til Jericho, sad en Blind ved Veien og tiggede.36 Og der denne hørte Folket gaae forbi, spurgte han, hvad dette var?37 Men de forkyndte ham, at Jesus af Nazareth kom forbi.38 Og han raabte og sagde: Jesus, du Davids Søn, forbarm dig over mig!39 Og de, som gik foran, truede ham, at han skulle tie; men desto mere raabte han: du Davids Søn forbarm dig over mig!40 Da stod Jesus stille og bød ham føres til sig; men der han kom nær til ham, spurgte han ham og sagde:41 hvad vil du, at jeg skal gjøre dig? Men han sagde: Herre! at jeg maa blive seende.42 Og Jesus sagde til ham: bliv seende; din Tro har frelst dig.43 Og strax blev han seende og fulgte ham og prisede Gud; og alt Folket, som saae det, lovede Gud.

Luke 18

Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 Thent Jesust told them a parable to show them they should alwayst pray and not lose heart.s2 He said,t “In a certain cityt there was a judges who neither feared God nor respected people.t3 There was also a widows in that cityt who kept comingt to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’4 Fort a while he refused, but later ont he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,t5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me outt by her unending pleas.’”t6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!s7 Won’tt God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry outs to him day and night?t Will he delays long to help them?

8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily.t Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faiths on earth?”

The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector

9 Jesust also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked downt on everyone else.10 “Two men went ups to the temple to pray, one a Pharisees and the other a tax collector.s11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:t ‘God, I thanks you that I am not like other people:t extortionists,t unrighteous people,s adulterers – or even like this tax collector.s12 I fast twices a week; I give a tentht of everything I get.’13 The tax collector, however, stoodt far off and would not even look upt to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be mercifult to me, sinner that I am!’t

14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justifieds rather than the Pharisee.t For everyone who exaltss himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Jesus and Little Children

15 Now peoplet were even bringing their babiest to him for him to touch.t But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.t16 But Jesus called for the children,t saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of Gods belongs to such as these.s

17 I tell you the truth,t whoever does not receives the kingdom of God like a childs will nevert enter it.”

The Wealthy Ruler

18 Nowt a certain rulers asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”s19 Jesust said to him, “Why do you call me good?s No one is good except God alone.20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”s21 The mant replied, “I have wholeheartedly obeyedt all these lawsts since my youth.”s22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you haves and give the moneyt to the poor,s and you will have treasures in heaven. Thent come, follow me.”23 But when the mant heard this he became very sad,t for he was extremely wealthy.24 When Jesus noticed this,st he said, “How hards it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!s25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needles than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”26 Those who heard this said, “Thent who can be saved?”s27 He replied, “What is impossibles for mere humanst is possible for God.”28 And Peter said, “Look, we have left everything we ownt to follow you!”t29 Thent Jesust said to them, “I tell you the truth,t there is no one who has left home or wife or brotherst or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom

30 who will not receive many times mores in this aget – and in the age to come, eternal life.”s

Another Prediction of Jesus’ Passion

31 Thent Jesust took the twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem,s and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.t32 For he will be handed overs to the Gentiles; he will be mocked,s mistreated,t and spat on.s33 They will flog him severelyt and kill him. Yett on the third day he will rise again.”

34 Butt the twelvet understood none of these things. Thist saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasps what Jesus meant.t

Healing a Blind Man

35 Ast Jesust approachedt Jericho,s a blind man was sitting by the road begging.36 When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.37 Theyt told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”38 Sot he called out,t “Jesus, Son of David,s have mercys on me!”39 And those who were in fronts scoldedt him to get him to be quiet, but he shouteds even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”40 Sot Jesus stopped and ordered the beggart to be brought to him. When the mant came near, Jesust asked him,41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied,t “Lord, let me see again.”t42 Jesust said to him, “Receivet your sight; your faith has healed you.”t

43 And immediately he regainedt his sight and followed Jesus,t praisings God. Whent all the people saw it, they toot gave praise to God.