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<span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they <i>began</i> rebuking them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>But Jesus called for them, saying, Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it <i>at all.</i> <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Rich Young Ruler</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>A ruler questioned Him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>And Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>You know the commandments, D<font size="1">O NOT COMMIT ADULTERY</font>, D<font size="1">O NOT MURDER</font>, D<font size="1">O NOT STEAL</font>, D<font size="1">O NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS</font>, H<font size="1">ONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said, All these things I have kept from <i>my</i> youth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>When Jesus heard <i>this,</i> He said to him, One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>And Jesus looked at him and said, How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>They who heard it said, Then who can be saved? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>But He said, The things that are impossible with people are possible with God. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Peter said, Behold, we have left our own <i>homes</i> and followed You. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>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 class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>and after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and the third day He will rise again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>But the disciples understood none of these things, and <i>the meaning of</i> this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Bartimaeus Receives Sight</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Now hearing a crowd going by, he <i>began</i> to inquire what this was. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>And he called out, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>Those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me! <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him; and when he came near, He questioned him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>What do you want Me to do for you? And he said, Lord, <i>I want</i> to regain my sight! <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight; your faith has made you well. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/18-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>Immediately he regained his sight and <i>began</i> following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/luke/18.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he spake also this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he spoke this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And to some who relied on themselves as being righteous men, and looked down upon all others, He addressed this parable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/june_7_morning.htm">June 7 Morning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.--LUKE 18:1. Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/june_7_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/january_3_evening.htm">January 3 Evening</a><br></span><span class="snippet">What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee . . . Lord, that I may receive my sight.--LUKE 18:41. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.--The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, . . . shall teach you all things.--Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/january_3_evening.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/april_2_evening.htm">April 2 Evening</a><br></span><span class="snippet">When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?--LUKE 18:8. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.--The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall from the faith. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/april_2_evening.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_14_men_ought_always.htm">July 14. "Men Ought Always to Pray" (Luke xviii. 1). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Men ought always to pray" (Luke xviii. 1). Let this be a day of prayer. Let us see that our highest ministry and power is to deal with God for men. Let us be obedient to all the Holy Spirit's voices of prayer in us. Let us count every pressure a call to prayer. Let us cherish the spirit of unceasing prayer and abiding communion. Let us learn the meaning of the ministry of prayer. Let us reach persons this day we cannot reach in person; let us expect results that we have never dared to claim before; <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_14_men_ought_always.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/three_kinds_op_praying.htm">Three Kinds Op Praying</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2. Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3. And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5. Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6. And the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/three_kinds_op_praying.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions Of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/entering_the_kingdom.htm">Entering the Kingdom</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And they brought unto Him also infants, that He would touch them: but when His disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16. But Jesus called them unto Him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 17. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. 18. And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19. And Jesus said unto <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/entering_the_kingdom.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions Of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/the_man_that_stopped_jesus.htm">The Man that Stopped Jesus</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto Him: and when he was come near, He asked him, 41. Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?'--LUKE xviii. 40-41. This story of the man that stopped Christ is told by the three 'Synoptic' Evangelists, and it derives a special value from having occurred within a week of the Crucifixion. You remember how graphically Mark tells how the blind man hears who is passing and immediately begins to cry with a loud voice to Christ to have mercy upon <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/the_man_that_stopped_jesus.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions Of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/september_the_fourteenth_the_sense.htm">September the Fourteenth the Sense of Want</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"This man went down to his house justified rather than the other." --LUKE xviii. 9-14. The Master sets the Pharisee and publican in contrast, and His judgment goes against the man who has made some progress in moral attainments, and favours the man who has no victories to show, but only a hunger for victory. The dissatisfied sinner is preferred to the self-satisfied saint. The Pharisee had gained an inch, but had lost his sense of the continent. The publican had not pegged out an inch of moral <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/september_the_fourteenth_the_sense.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Henry Jowett—</span><span class="citation2">My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_lxv_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xviii. 1,"They Ought Always to Pray, and not to Faint," Etc. And on the Two who Went up Into</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. The lesson of the Holy Gospel builds us up unto the duty of praying and believing, and of not putting our trust in ourselves, but in the Lord. What greater encouragement to prayer than the parable which is proposed to us of the unjust judge? For an unjust judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man, yet gave ear to a widow who besought him, overcome by her importunity, not inclined thereto by kindness. [3531] If he then heard her prayer, who hated to be asked, how must He hear who exhorts us to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_lxv_on_the_words.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">sermons on selected lessons of the new testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/confession_and_absolution.htm">Confession and Absolution</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I. Brethren, let us imitate the publican, first of all in his CONFESSION. There has been a great deal of public excitement during the last few weeks and months about the confessional. As for that matter, it is perhaps a mercy that the outward and visible sign of Popery in the Church of England has discovered to its sincere friends the inward and spiritual evil which had long been lurking there. We need not imagine that the confessional, or priestcraft, of which it is merely an offshoot, in the Church <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/confession_and_absolution.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/the_good_news_of_god/sermon_xxxvii_the_worthy_communicant.htm">The Worthy Communicant</a><br></span><span class="snippet">LUKE xviii. 14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. Which of these two men was the more fit to come to the Communion? Most of you will answer, The publican: for he was more justified, our Lord himself says, than the Pharisee. True: but would you have said so of your own accord, if the Lord had not said so? Which of the two men do you really think was the better man, the Pharisee or the publican? Which of the two do you think had his soul in the safer <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/the_good_news_of_god/sermon_xxxvii_the_worthy_communicant.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Kingsley—</span><span class="citation2">The Good News of God</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/18-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 18:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 18:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/18-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 18:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 18:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/luke/18-9.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>