Comman English Bible Luke

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Luke 17:18
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18 No one returned to praise God except this Justice for the faithful foreigner?” 19Then Jesus said to him, “Get Jesus was telling them a parable up and go. Your faith has healed you."
about their need to pray continu
ously and not to be discouraged. He said, The kingdom is coming
“In a certain city there was a judge who nei20 Pharisees asked Jesus when God's ther feared God nor respected people. 'In kingdom was coming. He replied, "God's that city there was a widow who kept comkingdom isn't coming with signs that are ing to him, asking, 'Give me justice in this easily noticed. Nor will people say, 'Look, case against my adversary. For a while he here it is!' or 'There it is!' Don't you see? refused but finally said to himself, I don't God's kingdom is already among you." fear God or respect people, but I will give
22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "The this widow justice because she keeps bothtime will come when you will long to see ering me. Otherwise, there will be no end one of the days of the Human One," and to her coming here and embarrassing me." you won't see it. 23 People will say to you, The Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust ‘Look there!' or 'Look here! Don't leave or judge says. Won't God provide justice to go chasing after them. 24 The Human One his chosen people who cry out to him day will appear on his day in the same way that and night? Will he be slow to help them? a flash of lightning lights up the sky from I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. one end to the other. 25 However, first he But when the Human One® comes, will he must suffer many things and be rejected by find faithfulness on earth?" this generation.
26"As it was in the days of Noah, so it The Pharisee and the tax collector will be during the days of the Human One.
P o Jesus told this parable to certain people 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, who had convinced themselves that they and being given in marriage until the day were righteous and who looked on everyone Noah entered the ark and the flood came else with disgust. 106Two people went up and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise in the to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, and the other a tax collector. "The Pharisee buying, selling, planting, and building. stood and prayed about himself with these 29But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and words, God, I thank you that I'm not like sulfur rained down from heaven and de- everyone else-crooks, evildoers, adulterstroyed them all. 30 That's the way it will ers-or even like this tax collector. ?I fast be on the day the Human One is revealed. twice a week. I give a tenth of everything 31 On that day, those on the roof, whose I receive. 13But the tax collector stood at possessions are in the house, shouldn't a distance. He wouldn't even lift his eyes come down to grab them. Likewise, those to look toward heaven. Rather, he struck in the field shouldn't turn back. 32 Remem- his chest and said, 'God, show mercy to ber Lot's wife! 33Whoever tries to preserve me, a sinner.' 14I tell you, this person went their life will lose it, but whoever loses their down to his home justified rather than the life will preserve it. 341 tell you, on that Pharisee. All who lift themselves up will be night two people will be in the same bed: brought low, and those who make themone will be taken and the other left. 35Two selves low will be lifted up." women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
Jesus blesses children 37 The disciples asked, “Where, Lord?” 15 People were bringing babies to Jesus
Jesus said, "The vultures gather wher- so that he would bless them. When the disever there's a dead body."
ciples saw this, they scolded them. 16 Then
Or Son of Man Or Son of Man Por Son of Man Or Son of Man 'Critical editions of the Gk New Testament O do not include 17:36 Two will be in a field: one will be taken and the other left. Or Son of Man