The Parable of the Widow and the Judge
1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged. 2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. 3 And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’ 4 For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or respect people, 5 yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’”
6 And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said. 7 Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them? 8 I tell you, he will judge in their favor and do it quickly. But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?”
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else. 10 “Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, ‘I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there. 12 I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.’ 13 But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘God, have pity on me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”
Jesus Blesses Little Children
(Matthew 19.13-15Mark 10.13-16)15 Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so, 16 but Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
The Rich Man
(Matthew 19.16-30Mark 10.17-31)18 A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”
19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your mother.’”
21 The man replied, “Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”
22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.” 23 But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.
24 Jesus saw that he was sad and said, “How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God! 25 It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”
26 The people who heard him asked, “Who, then, can be saved?”
27 Jesus answered, “What is humanly impossible is possible for God.”
28 Then Peter said, “Look! We have left our homes to follow you.”
29 “Yes,” Jesus said to them, “and I assure you that anyone who leaves home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God 30 will receive much more in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”
Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death
(Matthew 20.17-19Mark 10.32-34)31 Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, “Listen! We are going to Jerusalem where everything the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true. 32 He will be handed over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, insult him, and spit on him. 33 They will whip him and kill him, but three days later he will rise to life.”
34 But the disciples did not understand any of these things; the meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not know what Jesus was talking about.
Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar
(Matthew 20.29-34Mark 10.46-52)35 As Jesus was coming near Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging. 36 When he heard the crowd passing by, he asked, “What is this?”
37 “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.
38 He cried out, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!”
39 The people in front scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, “Son of David! Have mercy on me!”
40 So Jesus stopped and ordered the blind man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Sir,” he answered, “I want to see again.”
42 Jesus said to him, “Then see! Your faith has made you well.”
43 At once he was able to see, and he followed Jesus, giving thanks to God. When the crowd saw it, they all praised God.
1 Vēl viņš tiem stāstīja līdzību par to, ka tiem aizvien būs lūgt Dievu un nebūs pagurt.
2 „Kādā pilsētā dzīvoja tiesnesis, kas Dieva nebijās un no cilvēkiem nekaunējās.
3 Bet tai pašā pilsētā bija atraitne, tā nāca pie viņa un sacīja: Izlēmi manu lietu pret manu pretinieku.
4 Tas ilgu laiku negribēja. Bet tad viņš sāka spriest sevī: Lai gan es Dieva nebīstos un no cilvēkiem nekaunos,
5 Tomēr, lai viņa mani nemocītu, es gribu viņas lietu izlemt, citādi viņa vēl galā nāks un man sitīs vaigā.
6 Un tas Kungs sacīja: Vai dzirdējāt, ko netaisnais tiesnesis saka?
7 Un Dievs lai nedotu tiesu saviem izredzētiem, kas dienu un nakti viņu piesauc, kaut gan viņš vilcinās?
8 Es jums saku, viņš viņu lietu izlems visai drīz. Bet vai Cilvēka Dēls, kad tas nāks, atradīs ticību virs zemes?“
9 Bet tādiem, kas paši bija pārliecināti, ka viņi ir taisni un ar nicināšanu skatījās uz visiem citiem, viņš stāstīja šādu līdzību:
10 „Divi cilvēki aizgāja uz dievnamu Dievu lūgt. Viens bija farizējs, bet otrs—muitnieks.
11 Farizējs nostājās un lūdza pie sevis: Es tev pateicos, Dievs, ka es neesmu tāds kā citi cilvēki—laupītāji, ļaundari, laulības pārkāpēji, vai ari kā šis muitnieks.
12 Es gavēju divreiz nedēļā un maksāju desmito tiesu no visiem saviem ienākumiem.
13 Turpretim muitnieks, iztālēm stāvēdams, neuzdrošinājās pat acis pacelt uz debesīm, bet sita pa savām krūtīm un sacīja: Dievs, esi man grēciniekam žēlīgs!
14 Es jums saku, viņš nogāja savās mājās attaisnots, labāks par otru. Jo katru, kas pats paaugstinās, to pazemos, bet, kas pats pazemojas, taps paaugstināts.“
15 Arī mazos bērnus viņam pienesa, lai viņš tiem pieskartos. Bet mācekļi, to pamanījuši, tos norāja.
16 Jēzus turpretim tos pieaicināja un sacīja: „Laidiet bērniņus pie manis un neliedziet tiem, jo tādiem pieder Dieva valstība.
17 Tiešām, es jums saku, kas Dieva valstību nesaņem kā bērniņš, nenāks tur iekšā.“
18 Bet kāds priekšnieks viņam jautāja: „Labo mācītāj, kas man jādara, lai es iemantotu mūžīgu dzīvību?“
19 Bet Jēzus tam sacīja: „Ko tu mani sauci par labu? Neviens nav labs, izņemot vienīgi Dievu.
20 Baušļus tu zini: Tev nebūs laulību pārkāpt, tev nebūs nokaut, tev nebūs zagt, tev nebūs nepatiesu liecību dot, godā savu tēvu un savu māti.“
21 Tas atbildēja: „To visu es esmu turējis no mazotnes.“
22 Kad Jēzus to dzirdēja, viņš teica: „Vienas lietas tev vēl trūkst: pārdod visu, kas tev pieder, un izdali to starp nabagiem, tad tev būs manta debesīs, un tad nāc man līdz!“
23 Bet viņš, to dzirdēdams, ļoti noskuma, jo viņš bija ļoti bagāts.
24 Bet kad Jēzus to redzēja, viņš sacīja: „Cik grūti tiem, kam daudz mantas, iekļūt Dieva valstībā!
25 Jo vieglāk ir kamielim iet caur adatas aci, nekā bagātam ieiet Dieva valstībā.“
26 Tad tie, kas to dzirdēja, sacīja: „Kas tad var tikt izglābts?“
27 Bet viņš atbildēja: „Kas cil vēkiem nav iespējams, tas iespējams Dievam.“
28 Tad Pēteris sacīja: „Redzi, mēs esam atstājuši visu un esam tev gājuši līdz.“
29 Bet viņš teica: „Tiešām, es jums saku, nav neviena, kas Dieva valstības dēļ būtu atstājis māju, sievu, brāļus, vecākus, vai bērnus,
30 Kas to daudzkārtīgi neatdabūs jau šinī laikā, bet nākamā laikā mūžīgo dzīvi.“
31 Bet tos divpadsmit pie sevis ņēmis, viņš tiem sacīja: „Redziet, mēs noeimam uz Jeruzālemi, lai piepildītos viss, ko pravieši rakstījuši par Cilvēka Dēlu.
32 Viņu nodos pagānu rokās, apsmies, nonievās un apspļaudīs,
33 Šautīs ar pātagām un nonāvēs, bet trešajā dienā viņš celsies augšām.“
34 Bet viņi no tā neko nesaprata; tumšs bija viņiem šis vārds, un tie to nevarēja saprast.
35 Bet kad viņš tuvojās Jērikai, kāds akls tur sēdēja ceļmalā un ubagoja.
36 Dzirdēdams ļaužu barus garām ejam, viņš sāka taujāt, kas tur esot.
37 Tad viņam pateica, ka Jēzus Nacarietis ejot garām.
38 Tad viņš sauca: „Jēzu, Dāvida dēls, apžēlojies par mani!“
39 Tie, kas priekšā gāja, viņu apsauca, lai tas ciešot klusu. Bet viņš vēl stiprāk kliedza: „Tu Dāvida dēls, apžēlojies par mani!“
40 Tad Jēzus apstājās un lika to atvest pie sevis. Kad tas bija pienācis klāt, viņš tam jautāja:
41 „Ko tu gribi, lai es tev daru?“ Tas atbildēja: „Kungs, ka es varu redzēt.“
42 Tad Jēzus viņam sacīja Esi redzīgs, tava ticība tev ir palīdzējusi.“
43 Un tūliņ viņš kļuva redzīgs un gāja viņiem līdz, Dievu slavēdams. Un visa tauta, to redzēdama, deva Dievam godu.
