1 En Hy het ook aan hulle 'n gelykenis vertel met die oog daarop dat 'n mens gedurig moet bid en nie moedeloos word nie,
2 en gesê: Daar was 'n regter in 'n stad wat God nie gevrees en geen mens ontsien het nie.
3 En daar was in daardie stad 'n weduwee, en sy het gedurig na hom gekom en gesê: Doen reg aan my teenoor my teëparty.
4 En 'n tyd lank wou hy nie; maar daarna het hy by homself gesê: Al vrees ek God ook nie en al ontsien ek geen mens nie,
5 tog sal ek, omdat hierdie weduwee my moeite gee, aan haar reg doen, sodat sy nie eindelik kom en my in die gesig slaan nie.
6 Toe sê die Here: Hoor wat die onregverdige regter sê.
7 Sal God dan nie reg doen aan sy uitverkorenes wat dag en nag tot Hom roep nie, al is Hy ook lankmoedig in hulle geval?
8 Ek sê vir julle dat Hy gou aan hulle reg sal doen; maar as die Seun van die mens kom, sal Hy wel die geloof op die aarde vind?
9 En Hy het ook met die oog op sommige wat op hulleself vertrou dat hulle regverdig is en die ander verag, hierdie gelykenis vertel.
10 Twee manne het na die tempel opgegaan om te bid, die een 'n Fariseër en die ander 'n tollenaar.
11 En die Fariseër het gaan staan en by homself so gebid: o God, ek dank U dat ek nie soos die ander mense is nie -- rowers, onregverdiges, egbrekers, of ook soos hierdie tollenaar nie.
12 Ek vas twee keer in die week, ek gee tiendes van alles wat ek verkry.
13 En die tollenaar het ver weg gestaan en wou selfs nie sy oë na die hemel ophef nie, maar het op sy bors geslaan en gesê: o God, wees my, sondaar, genadig!
14 Ek sê vir julle, hierdie laaste een het geregverdig na sy huis gegaan eerder as die eerste een; want elkeen wat homself verhoog, sal verneder word, en hy wat homself verneder, sal verhoog word.
15 En hulle het ook die klein kindertjies na Hom gebring, sodat Hy hulle kon aanraak; en toe die dissipels dit sien, het hulle hul bestraf.
16 Maar Jesus het hulle na Hom geroep en gesê: Laat die kindertjies na My toe kom en verhinder hulle nie, want aan sulkes behoort die koninkryk van God.
17 Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, elkeen wat die koninkryk van God nie soos 'n kindjie ontvang nie, sal daar nooit ingaan nie.
18 En 'n sekere owerste vra Hom en sê: Goeie Meester, wat moet ek doen om die ewige lewe te beërwe?
19 En Jesus antwoord hom: Waarom noem jy My goed? Niemand is goed nie behalwe een, naamlik God.
20 Jy ken die gebooie: Jy mag nie egbreek nie; jy mag nie doodslaan nie; jy mag nie steel nie; jy mag geen valse getuienis gee nie; eer jou vader en jou moeder.
21 En hy sê: Al hierdie dinge het ek onderhou van my jeug af.
22 En toe Jesus dit hoor, antwoord Hy hom: Nog een ding ontbreek jou -- verkoop alles wat jy het, en verdeel dit onder die armes, en jy sal 'n skat in die hemel hê; kom dan hier, volg My.
23 Toe hy dit hoor, het hy diep bedroef geword, want hy was baie ryk.
24 En toe Jesus sien dat hy diep bedroef geword het, sê Hy: Hoe beswaarlik sal hulle wat goed besit, in die koninkryk van God ingaan.
25 Want dit is makliker vir 'n kameel om deur die oog van 'n naald te gaan as vir 'n ryk man om in die koninkryk van God in te gaan.
26 Daarop sê die wat dit gehoor het: Wie kan dan gered word?
27 Maar Hy antwoord: Die dinge wat by mense onmoontlik is, is by God moontlik.
28 Toe sê Petrus: Kyk, ons het alles verlaat en U gevolg.
29 En Hy sê vir hulle: Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, daar is niemand wat huis of ouers of broers of vrou of kinders verlaat het ter wille van die koninkryk van God,
30 wat nie baiemaal soveel in hierdie tyd sal ontvang nie en die ewige lewe in die eeu wat kom.
31 En Hy het die twaalf by Hom geneem en vir hulle gesê: Kyk, ons gaan op na Jerusalem, en alles wat deur die profete geskrywe is, sal aan die Seun van die mens vervul word.
32 Want Hy sal oorgelewer word aan die heidene en bespot en mishandel word, en op Hom sal gespuug word;
33 en nadat hulle Hom geg,sel het, sal hulle Hom doodmaak; en op die derde dag sal Hy opstaan.
34 Maar hulle het niks hiervan begryp nie, en hierdie woord was vir hulle bedek, en hulle het nie verstaan wat gesê is nie.
35 En terwyl Hy naby J,rigo kom, sit daar 'n blinde man langs die pad en bedel;
36 en toe hy 'n skare hoor verbygaan, vra hy wat dit is.
37 En hulle vertel hom: Jesus die Nasar,ner gaan verby.
38 Toe roep hy uit en sê: Jesus, Seun van Dawid, wees my barmhartig!
39 En die wat voor loop, bestraf hom dat hy moet stilbly. Maar hy het al harder uitgeroep: Seun van Dawid, wees my barmhartig!
40 En Jesus het gaan staan en bevel gegee dat hy na Hom gebring moes word; en toe hy naby kom, vra Hy hom
41 en sê: Wat wil jy hê moet Ek vir jou doen? En hy antwoord: Here, dat ek kan sien.
42 En Jesus sê vir hom: Sien! Jou geloof het jou gered.
43 En onmiddellik het hy gesien en Hom gevolg, terwyl hy God verheerlik. En toe die hele volk dit sien, het hulle aan God die lof gegee.
1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:
3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.
4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.
6 And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.
7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
9 And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
11 The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
12 Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
15 And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them
16 But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
17 Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.
18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.
20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.
21 And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.
22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.
23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.
24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!
25 It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.
26 And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?
27 But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.
28 And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.
29 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,
30 Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.
31 And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.
32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:
33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.
35 And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.
36 And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?
37 And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.
38 And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
39 And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.
40 And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,
41 What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.
42 And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.
43 And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.