Luke 18 Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to waxe faint,
1 Ἔλεγε δὲ καὶ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸ δεῖν πάντοτε προσεύχεσθαι αὐτοὺς καὶ μὴ ἐκκακεῖν,
2 Saying, There was a iudge in a certaine citie, which feared not God, neither reuereced man.
2 λέγων· κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει τὸν Θεὸν μὴ φοβούμενος καὶ ἄνθρωπον μὴ ἐντρεπόμενος.
3 And there was a widowe in that citie, which came vnto him, saying, Doe mee iustice against mine aduersarie.
3 χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα· ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
4 And hee would not of a long time: but afterward he said with himselfe, Though I feare not God, nor reuerence man,
4 καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ἐπὶ χρόνον· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ· εἰ καὶ τὸν Θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι καὶ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐντρέπομαι,
5 Yet because this widowe troubleth mee, I will doe her right, lest at the last shee come and make me wearie.
5 διά γε τὸ παρέχειν μοι κόπον τὴν χήραν ταύτην ἐκδικήσω αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς τέλος ἐρχομένη ὑποπιάζῃ με.
6 And the Lord said, Heare what the vnrighteous iudge saith.
6 εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος· ἀκούσατε τί ὁ κριτὴς τῆς ἀδικίας λέγει·
7 Now shall not God auenge his elect, which cry day and night vnto him, yea, though he suffer long for them?
7 ὁ δὲ Θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν βοώντων πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς;
8 I tell you he will auenge them quickly: but when the Sonne of man commeth, shall he finde faith on the earth?
8 λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει. πλὴν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐλθὼν ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;
9 He spake also this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were iust, and despised other.
9 Εἶπε δὲ καὶ πρός τινας τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι εἰσὶ δίκαιοι, καὶ ἐξουθενοῦντας τοὺς λοιπούς, τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην·
10 Two men went vp into the Temple to pray: the one a Pharise, and the other a Publican.
10 ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης.
11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
11 ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα προσηύχετο· ὁ Θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης·
12 I fast twise in the weeke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse.
12 νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, ἀποδεκατῶ πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι.
13 But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be mercifull to me a sinner.
13 καὶ ὁ τελώνης μακρόθεν ἑστὼς οὐκ ἤθελεν οὐδὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐπᾶραι, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτυπτεν εἰς τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ λέγων· ὁ Θεός, ἱλάσθητί μοι τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ.
14 I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.
14 λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἢ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος· ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.
15 They brought vnto him also babes that he should touche them. And when his disciples sawe it, they rebuked them.
15 Προσέφερον δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ βρέφη ἵνα αὐτῶν ἅπτηται· καὶ ἰδόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐπετίμησαν αὐτοῖς.
16 But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Suffer the babes to come vnto mee, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God.
16 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτὰ εἶπεν· ἄφετε τὰ παιδία ἔρχεσθαι πρός με καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά· τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ.
17 Verely I say vnto you, whosoeuer receiueth not the kingdome of God as a babe, he shall not enter therein.
17 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὃς ἐὰν μὴ δέξηται τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς παιδίον, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς αὐτήν.
18 Then a certaine ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what ought I to doe, to inherite eternall life?
18 Καὶ ἐπηρώτησέ τις αὐτὸν ἄρχων λέγων· διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;
19 And Iesus said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, saue one, euen God.
19 εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός.
20 Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnes: Honour thy father and thy mother.
20 τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας· μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φονεύσῃς, μὴ κλέψῃς, μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου.
21 And hee saide, All these haue I kept from my youth.
21 ὁ δὲ εἶπε· ταῦτα πάντα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου.
22 Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come follow mee.
22 ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει· πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι.
23 But when he heard those things, he was very heauie: for he was marueilous riche.
23 ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα περίλυπος ἐγένετο· ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα.
24 And when Iesus sawe him very sorowfull, he said, With what difficultie shall they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God!
24 ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς περίλυπον γενόμενον εἶπε· πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ!
25 Surely it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.
25 εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
26 Then said they that heard it, And who then can be saued?
26 εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες· καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι;
27 And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God.
27 ὁ δὲ εἶπε· τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ἐστιν.
28 Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and haue followed thee.
28 Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Πέτρος· ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.
29 And he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kingdome of Gods sake,
29 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδείς ἐστιν ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίαν ἢ γονεῖς ἢ ἀδελφοὺς ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ τέκνα ἕνεκεν τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ,
30 Which shall not receiue much more in this world, and in the world to come life euerlasting.
30 ὃς οὐ μὴ ἀπολάβῃ πολλαπλασίονα ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
31 Then Iesus tooke vnto him ye twelue, and said vnto them, Beholde, we goe vp to Hierusalem, and all things shalbe fulfilled to the Sonne of man, that are writttn by the Prophets.
31 Παραλαβὼν δὲ τοὺς δώδεκα εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ τελειωθήσεται πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα διὰ τῶν προφητῶν τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
32 For he shall be deliuered vnto the Gentiles, and shalbe mocked, and shalbe spitefully entreated, and shalbe spitted on.
32 παραδοθήσεται γὰρ τοῖς ἔθνεσι καὶ ἐμπαιχθήσεται καὶ ὑβρισθήσεται καὶ ἐμπτυσθήσεται,
33 And when they haue scourged him, they will put him to death: but the thirde day hee shall rise againe.
33 καὶ μαστιγώσαντες ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναστήσεται.
34 But they vnderstood none of these things, and this saying was hidde from them, neither perceiued they the things, which were spoken.
34 καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδὲν τούτων συνῆκαν, καὶ ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο κεκρυμμένον ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον τὰ λεγόμενα.
35 And it came to passe, that as he was come neere vnto Iericho, a certaine blinde man sate by the way side, begging.
35 Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱεριχὼ τυφλός τις ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν προσαιτῶν·
36 And when he heard the people passe by, he asked what it meant.
36 ἀκούσας δὲ ὄχλου διαπορευομένου ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη ταῦτα.
37 And they saide vnto him, that Iesus of Nazareth passed by.
37 ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος παρέρχεται.
38 Then hee cried, saying, Iesus the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
38 καὶ ἐβόησε λέγων· Ἰησοῦ υἱὲ Δαυΐδ, ἐλέησόν με·
39 And they which went before, rebuked him that he shoulde holde his peace, but he cried much more, O Sone of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
39 καὶ οἱ προάγοντες ἐπετίμων αὐτῷ ἵνα σιωπήσῃ· αὐτὸς δὲ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἔκραζεν· υἱὲ Δαυΐδ, ἐλέησόν με.
40 And Iesus stoode stil, and commanded him to be brought vnto him. And when he was come neere, he asked him,
40 σταθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ἀχθῆναι πρὸς αὐτόν. ἐγγίσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὸν λέγων·
41 Saying, What wilt thou that I doe vnto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receiue my sight.
41 τί σοι θέλεις ποιήσω; ὁ δὲ εἶπε· Κύριε, ἵνα ἀναβλέψω.
42 And Iesus said vnto him, Receiue thy sight: thy faith hath saued thee.
42 καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀνάβλεψον· ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε.
43 Then immediatly he receiued his sight, and followed him, praysing God: and all the people, when they sawe this, gaue praise to God.
43 καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀνέβλεψε, καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ δοξάζων τὸν Θεόν· καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἰδὼν ἔδωκεν αἶνον τῷ Θεῷ.
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- 1 Colossians 4:2; Romans 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Philippians 4:6; Ephesians 6:18
- 2 Psalm 8:1–4; Luke 18:4; Proverbs 29:7; Ezekiel 22:6–8; Jeremiah 22:16–17
- 3 Isaiah 1:17; Jeremiah 5:28; Job 22:9; Deuteronomy 27:19; Luke 18:7–8
- 4 Hebrews 4:12–13; Luke 12:17; Luke 16:3
- 5 Luke 11:8; Luke 18:39; Judges 16:16; Mark 10:47–48; 2 Samuel 13:24–27
- 6 Luke 7:13
- 7 2 Peter 3:9; Hebrews 10:35–37; 1 Timothy 5:5; Luke 11:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:6
- 8 Hebrews 10:23–26; 2 Peter 3:8–9; Matthew 24:9–13; Psalm 46:5; Luke 17:26–30
- 9 Luke 16:15; Proverbs 30:12; Isaiah 65:5; Romans 10:3; Romans 14:10
- 10 Matthew 21:31–32; Acts 3:1; 2 Kings 20:5; 1 Kings 8:30; 2 Kings 20:8
- 11 Matthew 6:5; Revelation 3:17; Isaiah 65:5; Jeremiah 2:35; Mark 11:25
- 12 Luke 11:42; Matthew 23:23–24; Luke 17:10; Matthew 9:14; 1 Timothy 4:8
- 13 1 John 1:8–10; Ezra 9:6; Psalm 41:4; 1 Timothy 1:15; Hebrews 8:12
- 14 Luke 14:11; Luke 16:15; James 4:10; Matthew 23:12; Proverbs 29:23
- 15 Matthew 19:13–15; Mark 10:13–16; 1 Samuel 1:24; Luke 9:49–50; Luke 9:54
- 16 Matthew 18:3–4; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Deuteronomy 31:12; 1 Corinthians 7:14; 1 Peter 2:2
- 17 Matthew 18:3; Mark 10:15; Psalm 131:1–2; 1 Peter 1:14
- 18 Mark 10:17–31; Acts 16:30; Matthew 19:16–30; Luke 10:25–28; Acts 2:37
- 19 James 1:17; Job 15:14–16; Hebrews 7:26; 1 Timothy 3:16; Job 25:4
- 20 Exodus 20:12–17; Deuteronomy 5:16–21; Romans 13:9; Matthew 19:17–19; Ephesians 6:2
- 21 Philippians 3:6; Matthew 19:20–21; Mark 10:20–21; Luke 18:11–12; Luke 15:7
- 22 Luke 12:33; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Matthew 19:21; Matthew 6:19–20; Luke 16:9
- 23 Ezekiel 33:31; 1 John 2:15; Mark 10:22; Matthew 19:22; Luke 21:34
- 24 Proverbs 11:28; Proverbs 30:9; James 2:5–7; Mark 10:23–27; Matthew 19:23–25
- 26 Luke 13:23
- 27 Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37; Job 42:2; Genesis 18:14
- 28 Philippians 3:7; Mark 10:28; Luke 5:11; Matthew 19:27; Matthew 4:19–22
- 29 Mark 10:29–31; Matthew 10:37–39; Luke 14:26–28; Matthew 19:28–30; Deuteronomy 33:9
- 30 Job 42:10; Hebrews 13:5–6; Revelation 2:17; Luke 12:31–32; Matthew 12:32
- 31 Matthew 20:17–19; Isaiah 53:1–12; Psalm 22:1–31; Mark 10:32–34; Luke 24:44–46
- 32 Luke 23:11; Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah 50:6; Acts 3:13; Mark 14:65
- 33 Luke 24:7; Luke 24:21; Matthew 16:21; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Matthew 27:63
- 34 Luke 9:45; Mark 9:32; Luke 2:50; John 12:16; John 16:1–19
- 35 Matthew 20:29–34; John 9:8; Luke 16:20–21; Mark 10:46–52; 1 Samuel 2:8
- 36 Matthew 21:10–11; Luke 15:26
- 37 Matthew 2:23; John 1:45; John 19:19; John 12:35–36; Acts 4:10
- 38 Matthew 9:27; Luke 18:39; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 21:9; Romans 1:3
- 39 Genesis 32:26–28; Psalm 141:1; Luke 11:8–10; Matthew 26:40–44; Luke 18:15
- 40 Mark 10:48–52; Matthew 20:31–34
- 41 1 Kings 3:5–15; Romans 8:25; Matthew 20:21–22; Philippians 4:6
- 42 Luke 8:48; Matthew 8:3; Matthew 9:22; Luke 17:19; Psalm 33:9
- 43 Psalm 146:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:10–12; Acts 11:18; Psalm 103:1–3; Luke 4:39
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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?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
And to the person who said to Him, "Good Master," He confessed that God who is truly good, saying, "Why callest thou Me good: there is One who is good, the Father in the heavens;" and they assert that in this passage the Æons receive the name of heavens.
It were well for him to imitate the Publican, and not swell as the Pharisee, "who went up into the temple," and boasted of his deserts, and covered up his wounds.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For instance, to them that strip themselves of all that they have for His sake He promised to give an hundred fold in the present world, and life eternal in that which is to come; by the things already given making the future also credible.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The eighth passage is, That they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou hast sent; and There is none good save one, that is, God. The solution of this appears to me very easy.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)