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Learn about the sources and coverage →Jesus told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not lose heart.
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Ἔλεγεν δὲ καὶ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸ δεῖν πάντοτε προσεύχεσθαι, καὶ μὴ ἐκκακεῖν,
Elegen de kai parabolēn autois pros to dein pantote proseuchesthai, kai mē ekkakein,
He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect people.
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
λέγων, Κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει, τὸν θεὸν μὴ φοβούμενος, καὶ ἄνθρωπον μὴ ἐντρεπόμενος∙
legōn, Kritēs tis ēn en tini polei, ton theon mē phoboumenos, kai anthrōpon mē entrepomenos;
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτόν, λέγουσα, Ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
chēra de ēn en tē polei ekeinē, kai ērcheto pros auton, legousa, Ekdikēson me apo tou antidikou mou.
For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I do not fear God or respect people,
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ἐπὶ χρόνον∙ μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Εἰ καὶ τὸν θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι, καὶ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐντρέπομαι∙
Kai ouk ēthelēsen epi chronon; meta de tauta eipen en heautō, Ei kai ton theon ou phoboumai, kai anthrōpon ouk entrepomai;
because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice so that she does not keep coming and wear me out.’”
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
διά γε τὸ παρέχειν μοι κόπον τὴν χήραν ταύτην, ἐκδικήσω αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς τέλος ἐρχομένη ὑποπιάζῃ με.
dia ge to parechein moi kopon tēn chēran tautēn, ekdikēsō autēn, hina mē eis telos erchomenē hypopiazē me.
The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος, Ἀκούσατε τί ὁ κριτὴς τῆς ἀδικίας λέγει.
Eipen de ho kyrios, Akousate ti ho kritēs tēs adikias legei.
Will God not certainly bring justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night, though He is patient concerning them?
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Ὁ δὲ θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν βοώντων πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς;
Ho de theos ou mē poiēsē tēn ekdikēsin tōn eklektōn autou tōn boōntōn pros auton hēmeras kai nyktos, kai makrothymōn ep’ autois?
I tell you, He will bring justice for them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει. Πλὴν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐλθὼν ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;
Legō hymin hoti poiēsei tēn ekdikēsin autōn en tachei. Plēn ho huios tou anthrōpou elthōn ara heurēsei tēn pistin epi tēs gēs?
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Εἶπεν δὲ πρός τινας τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι εἰσὶν δίκαιοι, καὶ ἐξουθενοῦντας τοὺς λοιπούς, τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην∙
Eipen de pros tinas tous pepoithotas eph’ heautois hoti eisin dikaioi, kai exouthenountas tous loipous, tēn parabolēn tautēn;
“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι∙ ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος, καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης.
Anthrōpoi dyo anebēsan eis to hieron proseuxasthai; ho heis Pharisaios, kai ho heteros telōnēs.
The Pharisee stood and prayed these things with himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people—extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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.
Ho Pharisaios statheis pros heauton tauta prosēucheto, Ho theos, eucharistō soi hoti ouk eimi hōsper hoi loipoi tōn anthrōpōn, harpages, adikoi, moichoi, ē kai hōs houtos ho telōnēs.
I fast twice a week. I give a tenth of everything I possess.’
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, ἀποδεκατῶ πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι.
Nēsteuō dis tou sabbatou, apodekatō panta hosa ktōmai.
But the tax collector, standing far away, would not even lift his eyes toward heaven. Instead, he beat his chest and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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.
Kai ho telōnēs makrothen hestōs ouk ēthelen oude tous ophthalmous eis ton ouranon eparai, all’ etypten eis to stēthos autou, legōn, Ho theos, hilasthēti moi tō hamartōlō.
I tell you, it was this man, rather than the Pharisee, who went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἢ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος∙ ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.
Legō hymin, katebē houtos dedikaiōmenos eis ton oikon autou ē gar ekeinos; hoti pas ho hypsōn heauton tapeinōthēsetai, ho de tapeinōn heauton hypsōthēsetai.
People were also bringing their infants to Jesus so that He might touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Προσέφερον δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ βρέφη, ἵνα αὐτῶν ἅπτηται∙ ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐπετίμησαν αὐτοῖς.
Prosepheron de autō kai ta brephē, hina autōn haptētai; idontes de hoi mathētai epetimēsan autois.
But Jesus called the children to Himself and said, “Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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.
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτὰ εἶπεν, Ἄφετε τὰ παιδία ἔρχεσθαι πρός με, καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά∙ τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.
Ho de Iēsous proskalesamenos auta eipen, Aphete ta paidia erchesthai pros me, kai mē kōlyete auta; tōn gar toioutōn estin hē basileia tou theou.
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will certainly not enter it.”
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὃς ἐὰν μὴ δέξηται τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς παιδίον, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς αὐτήν.
Amēn legō hymin, hos ean mē dexētai tēn basileian tou theou hōs paidion, ou mē eiselthē eis autēn.
A certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Καὶ ἐπηρώτησέν τις αὐτὸν ἄρχων, λέγων, Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;
Kai epērōtēsen tis auton archōn, legōn, Didaskale agathe, ti poiēsas zōēn aiōnion klēronomēsō?
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One—God.
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; Οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός, εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὁ θεός.
Eipen de autō ho Iēsous, Ti me legeis agathon? Oudeis agathos, ei mē heis, ho theos.
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.’”
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
Τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας, Μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φονεύσῃς, μὴ κλέψῃς, μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου.
Tas entolas oidas, Mē moicheusēs, mē phoneusēs, mē klepsēs, mē pseudomartyrēsēs, tima ton patera sou kai tēn mētera sou.
He said, “I have kept all these things from my youth.”
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Ταῦτα πάντα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου.
Ho de eipen, Tauta panta ephylaxamēn ek neotētos mou.
When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow Me.”
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
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.
Akousas de tauta ho Iēsous eipen autō, Eti hen soi leipei; panta hosa echeis pōlēson, kai diados ptōchois, kai hexeis thēsauron en ouranō; kai deuro, akolouthei moi.
When the man heard this, he became deeply sorrowful because he was extremely rich.
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
Ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα περίλυπος ἐγένετο∙ ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα.
Ho de akousas tauta perilypos egeneto; ēn gar plousios sphodra.
Seeing that he had become very sorrowful, Jesus said, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς περίλυπον γενόμενον εἶπεν, Πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
Idōn de auton ho Iēsous perilypon genomenon eipen, Pōs dyskolōs hoi ta chrēmata echontes eiseleusontai eis tēn basileian tou theou.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
Eukopōteron gar estin kamēlon dia trymalias rhaphidos eiselthein, ē plousion eis tēn basileian tou theou eiselthein.
Those who heard asked, “Then who can be saved?”
And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
Εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες, Καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι;
Eipon de hoi akousantes, Kai tis dynatai sōthēnai?
He said, “The things impossible with people are possible with God.”
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατά ἐστιν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ.
Ho de eipen, Ta adynata para anthrōpois dynata estin para tō theō.
Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
Εἶπεν δὲ Πέτρος, Ἰδού, ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.
Eipen de Petros, Idou, hēmeis aphēkamen panta kai ēkolouthēsamen soi.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδείς ἐστιν ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίαν, ἢ γονεῖς, ἢ ἀδελφούς, ἢ γυναῖκα, ἢ τέκνα, ἕνεκεν τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ,
Ho de eipen autois, Amēn legō hymin hoti oudeis estin hos aphēken oikian, ē goneis, ē adelphous, ē gynaika, ē tekna, heneken tēs basileias tou theou,
who will not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come, eternal life.”
Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
ὃς οὐ μὴ ἀπολάβῃ πολλαπλασίονα ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ, καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
hos ou mē apolabē pollaplasiona en tō kairō toutō, kai en tō aiōni tō erchomenō zōēn aiōnion.
Taking the twelve aside, He said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
¶ Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Παραλαβὼν δὲ τοὺς δώδεκα, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, Ἰδού, ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ τελεσθήσεται πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα διὰ τῶν προφητῶν τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
Paralabōn de tous dōdeka, eipen pros autous, Idou, anabainomen eis Hierosolyma, kai telesthēsetai panta ta gegrammena dia tōn prophētōn tō huiō tou anthrōpou.
He will be handed over to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted, and spit on.
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
Παραδοθήσεται γὰρ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ ἐμπαιχθήσεται, καὶ ὑβρισθήσεται, καὶ ἐμπτυσθήσεται,
Paradothēsetai gar tois ethnesin, kai empaichthēsetai, kai hybristhēsetai, kai emptysthēsetai,
They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise.”
And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
καὶ μαστιγώσαντες ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν∙ καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναστήσεται.
kai mastigōsantes apoktenousin auton; kai tē hēmera tē tritē anastēsetai.
But they understood none of these things. This statement was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was being said.
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδὲν τούτων συνῆκαν, καὶ ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο κεκρυμμένον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον τὰ λεγόμενα.
Kai autoi ouden toutōn synēkan, kai ēn to rhēma touto kekrymmenon ap’ autōn, kai ouk eginōskon ta legomena.
As Jesus approached Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the road begging.
¶ And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰεριχώ, τυφλός τις ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν προσαιτῶν∙
Egeneto de en tō engizein auton eis Ierichō, typhlos tis ekathēto para tēn hodon prosaitōn;
Hearing a crowd passing by, he asked what was happening.
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
ἀκούσας δὲ ὄχλου διαπορευομένου, ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη τοῦτο.
akousas de ochlou diaporeuomenou, epynthaneto ti eiē touto.
They told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”
And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
Ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος παρέρχεται.
Apēngeilan de autō hoti Iēsous ho Nazōraios parerchetai.
He cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Καὶ ἐβόησεν, λέγων, Ἰησοῦ, υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.
Kai eboēsen, legōn, Iēsou, huie Dauid, eleēson me.
Those going ahead rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Καὶ οἱ προάγοντες ἐπετίμων αὐτῷ ἵνα σιωπήσῃ∙ αὐτὸς δὲ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἔκραζεν, Υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.
Kai hoi proagontes epetimōn autō hina siōpēsē; autos de pollō mallon ekrazen, Huie Dauid, eleēson me.
Jesus stopped and commanded that the man be brought to Him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,
And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
Σταθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ἀχθῆναι πρὸς αὐτόν∙ ἐγγίσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτόν,
Statheis de ho Iēsous ekeleusen auton achthēnai pros auton; engisantos de autou epērōtēsen auton,
“What do you want Me to do for you?” He answered, “Lord, I want to receive my sight.”
Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
λέγων, Τί σοι θέλεις ποιήσω; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Κύριε, ἵνα ἀναβλέψω.
legōn, Ti soi theleis poiēsō? Ho de eipen, Kyrie, hina anablepsō.
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has saved you.”
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
Καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀνάβλεψον∙ ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε.
Kai ho Iēsous eipen autō, Anablepson; hē pistis sou sesōken se.
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. When all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
Καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀνέβλεψεν, καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ, δοξάζων τὸν θεόν∙ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἰδὼν ἔδωκεν αἶνον τῷ θεῷ.
Kai parachrēma aneblepsen, kai ēkolouthei autō, doxazōn ton theon; kai pas ho laos idōn edōken ainon tō theō.