[영어 성경] Luke Chapter 18

Lk. 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they

should always pray and not give up.

Lk. 18:2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither

feared God nor cared about men.

Lk. 18:3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him

with the plea, `Grant me justice against my adversary.’

Lk. 18:4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself,

`Even though I don’t fear God or care about men,

Lk. 18:5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that

she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out

with her coming!’“

Lk. 18:6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

Lk. 18:7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones,

who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them

off?

Lk. 18:8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly.

However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on

the earth?”

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Lk. 18:9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and

looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:

Lk. 18:10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and

the other a tax collector.

Lk. 18:11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about [Or to] himself:

`God, I thank you that I am not like other men — robbers,

evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector.

Lk. 18:12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

Lk. 18:13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even

look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, `God, have

mercy on me, a sinner.’

Lk. 18:14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home

justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be

humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Lk. 18:15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch

them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.

Lk. 18:16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little

children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the

kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Lk. 18:17 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom

of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Lk. 18:18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to

inherit eternal life?”

Lk. 18:19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No-one is

good — except God alone.

Lk. 18:20 You know the commandments: `Do not commit adultery, do

not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honour

your father and mother.’“ [Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20]

Lk. 18:21 “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.

Lk. 18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one

thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you

will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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Lk. 18:23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a

man of great wealth.

Lk. 18:24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to

enter the kingdom of God!

Lk. 18:25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a

needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Lk. 18:26 Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

Lk. 18:27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with

God.”

Lk. 18:28 Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”

Lk. 18:29 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said to them, “no-one who has

left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the

sake of the kingdom of God

Lk. 18:30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the

age to come, eternal life.”

Lk. 18:31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up

to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets

about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

Lk. 18:32 He will be turned over to the Gentiles. They will mock him,

insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.

Lk. 18:33 On the third day he will rise again.”

Lk. 18:34 The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was

hidden from them, and they did not know what he was

talking about.

Lk. 18:35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the

roadside begging.

Lk. 18:36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was

happening.

Lk. 18:37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”

Lk. 18:38 He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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Lk. 18:39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet,

but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on

me!”

Lk. 18:40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him.

When he came near, Jesus asked him,

Lk. 18:41 “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to

see,” he replied.

Lk. 18:42 Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed

you.”

Lk. 18:43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus,

praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised

God.