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class="vheading">NLT Parallel ESV <a href="../../bsb/luke/18.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/luke/18.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/luke/18.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/luke/18.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/luke/18.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/luke/18.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/luke/18.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/luke/18.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/luke/18.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/luke/18.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/luke/18.shtml">GRK]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New Living Translation</td><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?” Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer : ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Jesus Blesses the Children<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.” The Rich Man<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’ ”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was very rich.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Jesus saw this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Peter said, “We’ve left our homes to follow you.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.” Jesus Again Predicts His Death<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus said, “Listen, we’re going up to Jerusalem, where all the predictions of the prophets concerning the Son of Man will come true.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> He will be handed over to the Romans, and he will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit upon.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> They will flog him with a whip and kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But they didn’t understand any of this. The significance of his words was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp what he was talking about. Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Be quiet!” the people in front yelled at him. But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered that the man be brought to him. As the man came near, Jesus asked him,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext1"> “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me recover my sight.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Jesus said, “All right, receive your sight! Your faith has healed you.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Jesus said to him, “Recover your sight; your faith has made you well.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus, praising God. And all who saw it praised God, too.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. 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