Luke 18–19

¹And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint, ²saying, ‘A certain judge was in a certain city—God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding— ³and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent, ⁴and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard, ⁵yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.’ ⁶And the Lord said, ‘Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith: ⁷and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night—bearing long in regard to them? ⁸I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?’

⁹And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: ¹⁰‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer; ¹¹the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer; ¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things—as many as I possess.

¹³‘And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me—the sinner! ¹⁴I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.’

¹⁵And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, ¹⁶and Jesus having called them near, said, ‘Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; ¹⁷verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.’

¹⁸And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, ‘Good teacher, what having done—shall I inherit life age-during?’ ¹⁹And Jesus said to him, ‘Why me dost thou call good? no one is good, except One—God; ²⁰the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.’ ²¹And he said, ‘All these I did keep from my youth;’ ²²and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, ‘Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things—as many as thou hast—sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;’ ²³and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich. ²⁴And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, ‘How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God! ²⁵for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.’ ²⁶And those who heard, said, ‘And who is able to be saved?’ ²⁷and he said, ‘The things impossible with men are possible with God.’ ²⁸And Peter said, ‘Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;’ ²⁹and he said to them, ‘Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God, ³⁰who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.’

³¹And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, ‘Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed—that have been written through the prophets—to the Son of Man, ³²for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, ³³and having scourged they shall put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.’ ³⁴And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

³⁵And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, ³⁶and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be, ³⁷and they brought him word that Jesus the Nazarene doth pass by, ³⁸and he cried out, saying, ‘Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;’ ³⁹and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, ‘Son of David, deal kindly with me.’ ⁴⁰And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought unto him, and he having come nigh, he questioned him, ⁴¹saying, ‘What wilt thou I shall do to thee?’ and he said, ‘Sir, that I may receive sight.’ ⁴²And Jesus said to him, ‘Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;’ ⁴³and presently he did receive sight, and was following him, glorifying God; and all the people, having seen, did give praise to God.

Chapter 19

¹And having entered, he was passing through Jericho, ²and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich, ³and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small, ⁴and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that way he was about to pass by. ⁵And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, ‘Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;’ ⁶and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing; ⁷and having seen it, they were all murmuring, saying—‘With a sinful man he went in to lodge!’ ⁸And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, ‘Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.’ ⁹And Jesus said unto him—‘To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; ¹⁰for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’

¹¹And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest. ¹²He said therefore, ‘A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return, ¹³and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business—till I come; ¹⁴and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

¹⁵‘And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

¹⁶‘And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds; ¹⁷and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

¹⁸‘And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds; ¹⁹and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities.

²⁰‘And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin; ²¹for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

²²‘And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow! ²³and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

²⁴‘And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds— ²⁵(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds)— ²⁶for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him, ²⁷but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.’

²⁸And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹And it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰having said, Go away to the village over-against, in which, entering into, ye shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring it; ³¹and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it? thus ye shall say to him—The Lord hath need of it.’ ³²And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them, ³³and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, ‘Why loose ye the colt?’ ³⁴and they said, ‘The Lord hath need of it;’ ³⁵and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it. ³⁶And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way, ³⁷and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen, ³⁸saying, ‘blessed is he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.’ ³⁹And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, ‘Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;’ ⁴⁰and he answering said to them, ‘I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!’

⁴¹And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it, ⁴²saying—‘If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.

⁴³‘Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side, ⁴⁴and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.’ ⁴⁵And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying, ⁴⁶saying to them, ‘It hath been written, My house is…