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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Luke 18 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Luke 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/17.htm" title="Luke 17">◄</a> Luke 18 <a href="../luke/19.htm" title="Luke 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Parable of the Widow and the Judge</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_1"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.1" class="v42_18_1">1</span>Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged. </span><span class="v42_18_2"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.2" class="v42_18_2">2</span>“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. </span><span class="v42_18_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.3" class="v42_18_3">3</span>And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’ </span><span class="v42_18_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.4" class="v42_18_4">4</span>For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or respect people, </span><span class="v42_18_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.5" class="v42_18_5">5</span>yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.6" class="v42_18_6">6</span>And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said. </span><span class="v42_18_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.7" class="v42_18_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.18.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them? </span><span class="v42_18_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.8" class="v42_18_8">8</span>I tell you, he will judge in their favor and do it quickly. But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.9" class="v42_18_9">9</span>Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else. </span><span class="v42_18_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.10" class="v42_18_10">10</span>“Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. </span><span class="v42_18_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.11" class="v42_18_11">11</span>The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed,<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.18.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> ‘I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there. </span><span class="v42_18_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.12" class="v42_18_12">12</span>I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.’ </span><span class="v42_18_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.13" class="v42_18_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.18.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘God, have pity on me, a sinner!’ </span><span class="v42_18_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.14" class="v42_18_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.18.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Blesses Little Children</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 19:13-15">Matthew 19.13-15</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 10:13-16">Mark 10.13-16</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.15" class="v42_18_15">15</span>Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so, </span><span class="v42_18_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.16" class="v42_18_16">16</span>but Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. </span><span class="v42_18_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.17" class="v42_18_17">17</span>Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Rich Man</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 19:16-30">Matthew 19.16-30</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 10:17-31">Mark 10.17-31</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.18" class="v42_18_18">18</span>A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.19" class="v42_18_19">19</span>“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone. </span><span class="v42_18_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.20" class="v42_18_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.18.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your mother.’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.21" class="v42_18_21">21</span>The man replied, “Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.22" class="v42_18_22">22</span>When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.” </span><span class="v42_18_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.23" class="v42_18_23">23</span>But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.24" class="v42_18_24">24</span>Jesus saw that he was sad and said, “How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God! </span><span class="v42_18_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.25" class="v42_18_25">25</span>It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.26" class="v42_18_26">26</span>The people who heard him asked, “Who, then, can be saved?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.27" class="v42_18_27">27</span>Jesus answered, “What is humanly impossible is possible for God.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.28" class="v42_18_28">28</span>Then Peter said, “Look! We have left our homes to follow you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.29" class="v42_18_29">29</span>“Yes,” Jesus said to them, “and I assure you that anyone who leaves home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God </span><span class="v42_18_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.30" class="v42_18_30">30</span>will receive much more in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 20:17-19">Matthew 20.17-19</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 10:32-34">Mark 10.32-34</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.31" class="v42_18_31">31</span>Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, “Listen! We are going to Jerusalem where everything the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true. </span><span class="v42_18_32"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.32" class="v42_18_32">32</span>He will be handed over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, insult him, and spit on him. </span><span class="v42_18_33"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.33" class="v42_18_33">33</span>They will whip him and kill him, but three days later he will rise to life.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_34"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.34" class="v42_18_34">34</span>But the disciples did not understand any of these things; the meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not know what Jesus was talking about.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 20:29-34">Matthew 20.29-34</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 10:46-52">Mark 10.46-52</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_35"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.35" class="v42_18_35">35</span>As Jesus was coming near Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging. </span><span class="v42_18_36"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.36" class="v42_18_36">36</span>When he heard the crowd passing by, he asked, “What is this?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_37"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.37" class="v42_18_37">37</span>“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_38"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.38" class="v42_18_38">38</span>He cried out, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_39"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.39" class="v42_18_39">39</span>The people in front scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, “Son of David! Have mercy on me!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_40"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.40" class="v42_18_40">40</span>So Jesus stopped and ordered the blind man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, </span><span class="v42_18_41"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.41" class="v42_18_41">41</span>“What do you want me to do for you?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_41">“Sir,” he answered, “I want to see again.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_42"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.42" class="v42_18_42">42</span>Jesus said to him, “Then see! Your faith has made you well.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_18_43"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.18.43" class="v42_18_43">43</span>At once he was able to see, and he followed Jesus, giving thanks to God. When the crowd saw it, they all praised God.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.11: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">stood apart by himself and prayed; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">some manuscripts have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">stood up and prayed to himself.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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