1 Jėzus pasakė jiems palyginimą, kaip reikia visuomet melstis ir neprarasti ryžto,
2 tardamas: "Viename mieste buvo teisėjas, kuris nebijojo Dievo ir nesidrovėjo žmonių.
3 Tame pačiame mieste gyveno našlė, kuri vis eidavo pas jį ir prašydavo: ‘Apgink mane nuo mano priešininko!’
4 Jis kurį laiką nenorėjo, bet po to tarė sau: ‘Nors aš Dievo nebijau nei žmonių nesidroviu,
5 vis dėlto, kai šita našlė neduoda man ramybės, apginsiu jos teises, kad ji, vienąkart atėjusi, man akių neišdraskytų’ ".
6 Ir Viešpats tarė: "Įsidėmėkite, ką pasakė tas neteisusis teisėjas.
7 Tad nejaugi Dievas neapgins savo išrinktųjų, kurie Jo šaukiasi dieną ir naktį, ir dels jiems padėti?
8 Sakau jums: Jis apgins jų teises labai greitai. Bet ar atėjęs Žmogaus Sūnus beras žemėje tikėjimą?"
9 Tiems, kurie pasitikėjo savo teisumu, o kitus niekino, Jėzus pasakė palyginimą:
10 "Du žmonės atėjo į šventyklą melstis: vienasfariziejus, o kitasmuitininkas.
11 Fariziejus stovėdamas taip sau vienas meldėsi: ‘Dėkoju Tau, Dieve, kad nesu toks, kaip kiti žmonėsplėšikai, sukčiai, svetimautojaiarba kaip šis va muitininkas.
12 Aš pasninkauju du kartus per savaitę, duodu dešimtinę iš visko, ką įsigyju’.
13 O muitininkas, atokiai stovėdamas, nedrįso nė akių pakelti į dangų, tik, mušdamasis į krūtinę, maldavo: ‘Dieve, būk gailestingas man, nusidėjėliui!’
14 Sakau jums: šitas nuėjo į namus išteisintas, o ne anas. Kiekvienas, kuris save aukština, bus pažemintas, o kuris save žemina, bus išaukštintas".
15 Jėzui atnešdavo kūdikių, kad Jis juos paliestų. Mokiniai, tai matydami, draudė.
16 Bet Jėzus, pasišaukęs vaikučius, tarė: "Leiskite mažutėliams ateiti pas mane ir netrukdykite jiems, nes tokių yra Dievo karalystė.
17 Iš tiesų sakau jums: kas nepriims Dievo karalystės kaip kūdikis, niekaip neįeis į ją!"
18 Vienas valdininkas Jį paklausė: "Gerasis Mokytojau, ką turiu daryti, kad paveldėčiau amžinąjį gyvenimą?"
19 Jėzus jam atsakė: "Kodėl vadini mane geru? Nė vieno nėra gero, tik vienas Dievas.
20 Įsakymus žinai: ‘Nesvetimauk, nežudyk, nevok, melagingai neliudyk, gerbk savo tėvą ir motiną’ ".
21 Tas atsakė: "Viso šito laikausi nuo savo jaunystės".
22 Tai išgirdęs, Jėzus jam tarė: "Tau trūksta vieno dalyko: parduok visa, ką turi, išdalink vargšams, ir turėsi turtą danguje. Tada ateik ir sek paskui mane!"
23 Tai išgirdęs, jis nusiminė, nes buvo labai turtingas.
24 Matydamas jį nuliūdusį, Jėzus prabilo: "Kaip sunkiai turintieji turtų įeis į Dievo karalystę!
25 Lengviau kupranugariui išlįsti pro adatos ausį, negu turtingam įeiti į Dievo karalystę!"
26 Girdėjusieji tai paklausė: "Kas tada gali būti išgelbėtas?"
27 Jis atsakė: "Kas neįmanoma žmonėms, įmanoma Dievui".
28 Tada Petras tarė: "Štai mes viską palikome ir nusekėme paskui Tave".
29 Jėzus atsakė jiems: "Iš tiesų sakau jums: nėra nė vieno, kuris paliko namus ar tėvus, ar brolius, ar žmoną, ar vaikus dėl Dievo karalystės
30 ir kuris jau šiuo metu negautų nepalyginamai daugiau, o būsimajame pasaulyjeamžinojo gyvenimo".
31 Jėzus pasišaukė dvylika ir tarė: "Štai mes einame į Jeruzalę, ir ten išsipildys visa, kas per pranašus parašyta apie Žmogaus Sūnų.
32 Jis bus atiduotas pagonims, išjuoktas, paniekintas ir apspjaudytas.
33 Tie nuplaks Jį ir nužudys, bet trečią dieną Jis prisikels".
34 Tačiau jie nieko nesuprato; tų žodžių prasmė jiems liko paslėpta, ir jie nesuvokė, kas buvo sakoma.
35 Jam artinantis prie Jericho, šalia kelio sėdėjo neregys elgeta.
36 Išgirdęs praeinančią minią, jis paklausė, kas tai būtų.
37 Jam atsakė, kad praeinąs Jėzus iš Nazareto.
38 Tada jis ėmė šaukti: "Jėzau, Dovydo Sūnau, pasigailėk manęs!"
39 Ėję priekyje draudė jį, kad tylėtų, bet tas dar garsiau šaukė: "Dovydo Sūnau, pasigailėk manęs!"
40 Jėzus sustojo ir liepė jį atvesti. Jam prisiartinus, paklausė jo:
41 "Ko nori, kad tau padaryčiau?"
42 Šis atsakė: "Viešpatie, kad praregėčiau!" Jėzus tarė: "Regėk! Tavo tikėjimas išgydė tave".
43 Tas iškart praregėjo ir nusekė paskui Jį, garbindamas Dievą. Tai matydami, visi žmonės šlovino Dievą.
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.