Luke 18
1 Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and never despair.
Ἔλεγεν δὲ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς, πρὸς τὸ δεῖν πάντοτε προσεύχεσθαι αὐτοὺς καὶ μὴ ἐγκακεῖν
2 ‘There was,’ he said, ‘in a certain town a judge, who had no fear of God nor regard for people.
λέγων, “Κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει, τὸν ˚Θεὸν μὴ φοβούμενος καὶ ἄνθρωπον μὴ ἐντρεπόμενος.
3 In the same town there was a widow who went to him again and again, and said “Grant me justice against my opponent.”
Χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα, ‘Ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.’
4 For a time the judge refused, but afterwards he said to himself “Although I am without fear of God or regard for people,
Καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἐπὶ χρόνον, μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ‘Εἰ καὶ τὸν ˚Θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον ἐντρέπομαι,
5 yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.”’
διά γε τὸ παρέχειν μοι κόπον τὴν χήραν ταύτην, ἐκδικήσω αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς τέλος ἐρχομένη ὑπωπιάζῃ με.’”
6 Then the Master added, ‘Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ ˚Κύριος, “Ἀκούσατε τί ὁ κριτὴς τῆς ἀδικίας λέγει.
7 And God – won’t he see that his own people, who cry to him night and day, have justice done them – though he holds his hand?
Ὁ δὲ ˚Θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ, τῶν βοώντων αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμεῖ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς;
8 He will, I tell you, give them justice soon enough! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?’
Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει. Πλὴν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐλθὼν, ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;”
9 Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded everyone else with scorn, Jesus told this parable –
Εἶπεν δὲ καὶ πρός τινας τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι εἰσὶν δίκαιοι καὶ ἐξουθενοῦντες τοὺς λοιποὺς, τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην:
10 ‘Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.
“Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος, καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης.
11 The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way – “God, I thank you that I am not like other men – thieves, rogues, adulterers – or even like this tax-gatherer.
Ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς ταῦτα πρὸς ἑαυτὸν 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 twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.”
Νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, ἀποδεκατεύω πάντα, ὅσα κτῶμαι.’
13 Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even to raise his eyes to heaven, but he kept striking his breast and saying “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
Ὁ δὲ τελώνης μακρόθεν ἑστὼς, οὐκ ἤθελεν οὐδὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐπᾶραι εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ἀλλʼ ἔτυπτεν τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ λέγων, ‘Ὁ ˚Θεός, ἱλάσθητί μοι, τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ!’
14 This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, while everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.’
Λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, παρʼ ἐκεῖνον. Ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.”
15 Some of the people were bringing even their babies to Jesus, for him to touch them; but, when the disciples saw it, they began to find fault with those who had brought them.
Προσέφερον δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ βρέφη, ἵνα αὐτῶν ἅπτηται· ἰδόντες δὲ, οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐπετίμων αὐτοῖς.
16 Jesus, however, called the little children to him. ‘Let the little children come to me,’ he said, ‘and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of God belongs.
Ὁ δὲ ˚Ἰησοῦς προσεκαλέσατο αὐτὰ λέγων, “Ἄφετε τὰ παιδία ἔρχεσθαι πρός με, καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά, τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ.
17 I tell you, unless a man receives the kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all.’
Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὃς ἂν μὴ δέξηται τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ὡς παιδίον, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς αὐτήν.”
18 And one of the leaders asked Jesus this question – ‘Good teacher, what must I do if I am to gain eternal life?’ (aiōnios g166)
Καὶ ἐπηρώτησέν τις αὐτὸν ἄρχων λέγων, “Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας, ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;” (aiōnios g166)
19 ‘Why do you call me good?’ answered Jesus. ‘No one is good but God.
Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; Οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς, εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ ˚Θεός.
20 You know the commandments – Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honour your father and your mother.’
Τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας: ‘Μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φονεύσῃς, μὴ κλέψῃς, μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς’, ‘Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα.’”
21 ‘I have observed all these,’ he replied, ‘from childhood.’
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, “Ταῦτα πάντα ἐφύλαξα ἐκ νεότητος μου.”
22 Hearing this, Jesus said to him, ‘There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.’
Ἀκούσας δὲ, ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, “Ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει· πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις, πώλησον καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ δεῦρο, ἀκολούθει μοι.”
23 But the man became greatly distressed on hearing this, for he was extremely rich.
Ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα, περίλυπος ἐγενήθη, ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα.
24 Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘How hard it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, “Πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες, εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ εἰσελεύσονται.
25 It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!’
Εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος βελόνης εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.”
26 ‘Then who can be saved?’ asked those who heard this.
Εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες, “Καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι;”
27 But Jesus said, ‘What is impossible with people is possible with God.’
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, “Τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις, δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ ˚Θεῷ ἐστιν.”
28 ‘But we,’ said Peter, ‘we left what belonged to us and followed you.’
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος, “Ἰδοὺ, ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.”
29 ‘I tell you,’ he answered, ‘that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδείς ἐστιν ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίαν, ἢ γυναῖκα, ἢ ἀδελφοὺς, ἢ γονεῖς, ἢ τέκνα, εἵνεκεν τῆς Βασιλείας τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ,
31 Gathering the Twelve round him, Jesus said to them, ‘Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the prophets will be done to the Son of Man.
Παραλαβὼν δὲ τοὺς δώδεκα, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, “Ἰδοὺ, ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ τελεσθήσεται πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα διὰ τῶν προφητῶν τῷ Υἱῷ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.
32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat on;
Παραδοθήσεται γὰρ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ ἐμπαιχθήσεται, καὶ ὑβρισθήσεται, καὶ ἐμπτυσθήσεται.
33 they will scourge him, and then put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.’
Καὶ μαστιγώσαντες, ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ἀναστήσεται.”
34 The apostles did not comprehend any of this. His meaning was unintelligible to them and they did not understand what he was saying.
Καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδὲν τούτων συνῆκαν, καὶ ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο κεκρυμμένον ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον τὰ λεγόμενα.
35 As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰεριχὼ, τυφλός τις ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐπαιτῶν.
36 Hearing a crowd going by, the man asked what was the matter;
Ἀκούσας δὲ ὄχλου διαπορευομένου, ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη τοῦτο.
37 and, when people told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing,
Ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ αὐτῷ, ὅτι “˚Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος παρέρχεται.”
38 he shouted out, ‘Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!’
Καὶ ἐβόησεν λέγων, “˚Ἰησοῦ, Υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.”
39 Those who were in front kept telling him to be quiet, but he continued to call out the louder, ‘Son of David, take pity on me!’
Καὶ οἱ προάγοντες ἐπετίμων αὐτῷ ἵνα σιγήσῃ. Αὐτὸς δὲ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἔκραζεν, “Υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.”
40 Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. And, when he had come close up to him, Jesus asked him,
Σταθεὶς δὲ, ˚Ἰησοῦς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ἀχθῆναι πρὸς αὐτόν. Ἐγγίσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ, ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτόν,
41 ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I want to recover my sight.’
“Τί σοι θέλεις ποιήσω;” Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, “˚Κύριε, ἵνα ἀναβλέψω.”
42 And Jesus said, ‘Recover your sight, your faith has delivered you.’
Καὶ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, “Ἀνάβλεψον· ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε.”
43 Instantly he recovered his sight, and began to follow Jesus, praising God. And all the people, on seeing it, gave glory to God.
Καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀνέβλεψεν, καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ, δοξάζων τὸν ˚Θεόν. Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἰδὼν, ἔδωκεν αἶνον τῷ ˚Θεῷ.
