Luke 18 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Dicebat autem et parabolam ad illos, quoniam oportet semper orare et non deficere,
1 Y PROPÚSOLES también una parábola sobre que es necesario orar siempre, y no desmayar,
1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
2 dicens: Judex quidam erat in quadam civitate, qui Deum non timebat, et hominem non reverebatur.
2 Diciendo: Había un juez en una ciudad, el cual ni temía á Dios, ni respetaba á hombre.
2 saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man.
3 Vidua autem quædam erat in civitate illa, et veniebat ad eum, dicens: Vindica me de adversario meo.
3 Había también en aquella ciudad una viuda, la cual venía á él diciendo: Hazme justicia de mi adversario.
3 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
4 Et nolebat per multum tempus. Post hæc autem dixit intra se: Etsi Deum non timeo, nec hominem revereor:
4 Pero él no quiso por algún tiempo; mas después de esto dijo dentro de sí: Aunque ni temo á Dios, ni tengo respeto á hombre,
4 He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
5 tamen quia molesta est mihi hæc vidua, vindicabo illam, ne in novissimo veniens sugillet me.
5 Todavía, porque esta viuda me es molesta, le haré justicia, porque al fin no venga y me muela.
5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
6 Ait autem Dominus: Audite quid judex iniquitatis dicit:
6 Y dijo el Señor: Oid lo que dice el juez injusto.
6 The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
7 Deus autem non faciet vindictam electorum suorum clamantium ad se die ac nocte, et patientiam habebit in illis?
7 ¿Y Dios no hará justicia á sus escogidos, que claman á él día y noche, aunque sea longánime acerca de ellos?
7 Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
8 Dico vobis quia cito faciet vindictam illorum. Verumtamen Filius hominis veniens, putas, inveniet fidem in terra?
8 Os digo que los defenderá presto. Empero cuando el Hijo del hombre viniere, ¿hallará fe en la tierra?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
9 Dixit autem et ad quosdam qui in se confidebant tamquam justi, et aspernabantur ceteros, parabolam istam:
9 Y dijo también á unos que confiaban de sí como justos, y menospreciaban á los otros, esta parábola:
9 He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
10 Duo homines ascenderunt in templum ut orarent: unus pharisæus et alter publicanus.
10 Dos hombres subieron al templo á orar: el uno Fariseo, el otro publicano.
10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
11 Pharisæus stans, hæc apud se orabat: Deus, gratias ago tibi, quia non sum sicut ceteri hominum: raptores, injusti, adulteri, velut etiam hic publicanus:
11 El Fariseo, en pie, oraba consigo de esta manera: Dios, te doy gracias, que no soy como los otros hombres, ladrones, injustos, adúlteros, ni aun como este publicano;
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12 jejuno bis in sabbato, decimas do omnium quæ possideo.
12 Ayuno dos veces á la semana, doy diezmos de todo lo que poseo.
12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
13 Et publicanus a longe stans, nolebat nec oculos ad cælum levare: sed percutiebat pectus suum, dicens: Deus propitius esto mihi peccatori.
13 Mas el publicano estando lejos no quería ni aun alzar los ojos al cielo, sino que hería su pecho, diciendo: Dios, sé propicio á mí pecador.
13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
14 Dico vobis, descendit hic justificatus in domum suam ab illo: quia omnis qui se exaltat, humiliabitur, et qui se humiliat, exaltabitur.
14 Os digo que éste descendió á su casa justificado antes que el otro; porque cualquiera que se ensalza, será humillado; y el que se humilla, será ensalzado.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
15 Afferebant autem ad illum et infantes, ut eos tangeret. Quod cum viderent discipuli, increpabant illos.
15 Y traían á él los niños para que los tocase; lo cual viendo los discípulos les reñían.
15 They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 Jesus autem convocans illos, dixit: Sinite pueros venire ad me, et nolite vetare eos: talium est enim regnum Dei.
16 Mas Jesús llamándolos, dijo: Dejad los niños venir á mí, y no los impidáis; porque de tales es el reino de Dios.
16 Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.
17 Amen dico vobis, quicumque non acceperit regnum Dei sicut puer, non intrabit in illud.
17 De cierto os digo, que cualquiera que no recibiere el reino de Dios como un niño, no entrará en él.
17 Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
18 Et interrogavit eum quidam princeps, dicens: Magister bone, quid faciens vitam æternam possidebo?
18 Y preguntóle un príncipe, diciendo: Maestro bueno, ¿qué haré para poseer la vida eterna?
18 A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 Dixit autem ei Jesus: Quid me dicis bonum? nemo bonus nisi solus Deus.
19 Y Jesús le dijo: ¿Por qué me llamas bueno? ninguno hay bueno sino sólo Dios.
19 Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.
20 Mandata nosti: non occides; non mœchaberis; non furtum facies; non falsum testimonium dices; honora patrem tuum et matrem.
20 Los mandamientos sabes: No matarás: No adulterarás: No hurtarás: No dirás falso testimonio: Honra á tu padre y á tu madre.
20 You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”
21 Qui ait: Hæc omnia custodivi a juventute mea.
21 Y él dijo: Todas estas cosas he guardado desde mi juventud.
21 He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
22 Quo audito, Jesus ait ei: Adhuc unum tibi deest: omnia quæcumque habes vende, et da pauperibus, et habebis thesaurum in cælo: et veni, sequere me.
22 Y Jesús, oído esto, le dijo: Aun te falta una cosa: vende todo lo que tienes, y da á los pobres, y tendrás tesoro en el cielo; y ven, sígueme.
22 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
23 His ille auditis, contristatus est: quia dives erat valde.
23 Entonces él, oídas estas cosas, se puso muy triste, porque era muy rico.
23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
24 Videns autem Jesus illum tristem factum, dixit: Quam difficile, qui pecunias habent, in regnum Dei intrabunt !
24 Y viendo Jesús que se había entristecido mucho, dijo: ¡Cuán dificultosamente entrarán en el reino de Dios los que tienen riquezas!
24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
25 facilius est enim camelum per foramen acus transire quam divitem intrare in regnum Dei.
25 Porque más fácil cosa es entrar un camello por el ojo de una aguja, que un rico entrar en el reino de Dios.
25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
26 Et dixerunt qui audiebant: Et quis potest salvus fieri?
26 Y los que lo oían, dijeron: ¿Y quién podrá ser salvo?
26 Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
27 Ait illis: Quæ impossibilia sunt apud homines, possibilia sunt apud Deum.
27 Y él [les] dijo: Lo que es imposible para con los hombres, posible es para Dios.
27 But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
28 Ait autem Petrus: Ecce nos dimisimus omnia et secuti sumus te.
28 Entonces Pedro dijo: He aquí, nosotros hemos dejado las posesiones nuestras, y te hemos seguido.
28 Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
29 Qui dixit eis: Amen dico vobis, nemo est qui reliquit domum, aut parentes, aut fratres, aut uxorem, aut filios propter regnum Dei,
29 Y él les dijo: De cierto os digo, que nadie hay que haya dejado casa, padres, ó hermanos, ó mujer, ó hijos, por el reino de Dios,
29 He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for God’s Kingdom’s sake,
30 et non recipiat multo plura in hoc tempore, et in sæculo venturo vitam æternam.
30 Que no haya de recibir mucho más en este tiempo, y en el siglo venidero la vida eterna.
30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”
31 Assumpsit autem Jesus duodecim, et ait illis: Ecce ascendimus Jerosolymam, et consummabuntur omnia quæ scripta sunt per prophetas de Filio hominis:
31 Y Jesús, tomando á los doce, les dijo: He aquí subimos á Jerusalem, y serán cumplidas todas las cosas que fueron escritas por los profetas, del Hijo del hombre.
31 He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
32 tradetur enim gentibus, et illudetur, et flagellabitur, et conspuetur:
32 Porque será entregado á las gentes, y será escarnecido, é injuriado, y escupido.
32 For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.
33 et postquam flagellaverint, occident eum, et tertia die resurget.
33 Y después que le hubieren azotado, le matarán: mas al tercer día resucitará.
33 They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
34 Et ipsi nihil horum intellexerunt, et erat verbum istud absconditum ab eis, et non intelligebant quæ dicebantur.
34 Pero ellos nada de estas cosas entendían, y esta palabra les era encubierta, y no entendían lo que se decía.
34 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
35 Factum est autem, cum appropinquaret Jericho, cæcus quidam sedebat secus viam, mendicans.
35 Y aconteció que acercándose él á Jericó, un ciego estaba sentado junto al camino mendigando;
35 As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
36 Et cum audiret turbam prætereuntem, interrogabat quid hoc esset.
36 El cual como oyó la gente que pasaba, preguntó qué era aquello.
36 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
37 Dixerunt autem ei quod Jesus Nazarenus transiret.
37 Y dijéronle que pasaba Jesús Nazareno.
37 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
38 Et clamavit, dicens: Jesu, fili David, miserere mei.
38 Entonces dió voces, diciendo: Jesús, Hijo de David, ten misericordia de mí.
38 He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 Et qui præibant, increpabant eum ut taceret. Ipse vero multo magis clamabat: Fili David, miserere mei.
39 Y los que iban delante, le reñían que callase; mas él clamaba mucho más: Hijo de David, ten misericordia de mí.
39 Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 Stans autem Jesus jussit illum adduci ad se. Et cum appropinquasset, interrogavit illum,
40 Jesús entonces parándose, mandó traerle á sí: y como él llegó, le preguntó,
40 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
41 dicens: Quid tibi vis faciam? At ille dixit: Domine, ut videam.
41 Diciendo: ¿Qué quieres que te haga? Y él dijo: Señor, que vea.
41 “What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”
42 Et Jesus dixit illi: Respice, fides tua te salvum fecit.
42 Y Jesús le dijo: Ve, tu fe te ha hecho salvo.
42 Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
43 Et confestim vidit, et sequebatur illum magnificans Deum. Et omnis plebs ut vidit, dedit laudem Deo.
43 Y luego vió, y le seguía, glorificando á Dios: y todo el pueblo como lo vió, dió á Dios alabanza.
43 Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
Cross references (42)
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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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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)