Luke 18–19

Chapter 18

And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray and not to faint,

²Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God nor regarded man.

³And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.

⁴And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,

⁵Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.

⁶And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith.

⁷And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?

⁸I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?

⁹And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable:

¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.

¹¹The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.

¹²I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.

¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

¹⁴I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

¹⁵And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.

¹⁶But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁷Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child shall not enter into it.

¹⁸And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life?

¹⁹And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.

²⁰Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Honour thy father and mother.

²¹Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth.

²²Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

²³He having heard these things, became sorrowful: for he was very rich.

²⁴And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God

²⁵For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁶And they that heard it said: Who then can be saved?

²⁷He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

²⁸Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.

²⁹Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left home or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

³⁰Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

³¹Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man.

³²For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles and shall be mocked and scourged and spit upon.

³³And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death. And the third day he shall rise again.

³⁴And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them: and they understood not the things that were said.

³⁵Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging.

³⁶And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant.

³⁷And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

³⁸And he cried out, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

³⁹And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.

⁴⁰And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him,

⁴¹Saying; What wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that I may see.

⁴²And Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made thee whole.

⁴³And immediately he saw and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Chapter 19

And entering he walked through Jericho.

²And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans: and he was rich.

³And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.

⁴And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him: for he was to pass that way.

⁵And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down: for this day I must abide in thy house.

⁶And he made haste and came down and received him with joy.

⁷And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

⁸But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.

⁹Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.

¹²He said therefore: a certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

¹³And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to them: Trade till I come.

¹⁴But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.

¹⁵And it came to pass that he returned, having received the kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading,

¹⁶And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

¹⁷And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.

¹⁸And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

¹⁹And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.

²⁰And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.

²¹For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou didst not lay down: and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow.

²²He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow.

²³And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have exacted it with usury?

²⁴And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

²⁵And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.

²⁶But I say to you that to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

²⁷But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither and kill them before me.

²⁸And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: loose him and bring him hither.

³¹And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? You shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.

³²And they that were sent went their way and found the colt standing, as he said unto them.

³³And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?

³⁴But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.

³⁵And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon.

³⁶And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way.

³⁷And when he was now coming near the descent of Mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen,

³⁸Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory on high!

³⁹And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴⁰To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

⁴¹And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:

⁴²If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes.

⁴³For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every side,

⁴⁴And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee. And they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.

⁴⁵And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought.

⁴⁶Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.

⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him.

⁴⁸And they found not what to do…