Luke 18:1-19 ▼

1 And he put foorth a parable vnto them, to this ende that me ought alwayes to pray, & not to be weery,

2 Saying: There was in a certayne citie, a iudge, whiche feared not God, neither regarded man.

3 And there was a certayne widdowe in the same citie, and she came vnto him, saying: Auenge me of mine aduersarie.

4 And he woulde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he sayde within hym selfe: Though I feare not God, nor care for man,

5 Yet because this widdowe much troubleth me, I wyll auenge her: leste she come at the last, & make me weery.

6 And the Lorde sayde: heare what the vuryghteous iudge sayeth.

7 And shall not God auenge his elect, which crye day and nyght vnto hym? yea, though he deferre them,

8 I tell you he wyll auenge them, and that quickly. Neuerthelesse, when the sonne of man commeth, shall he fynde fayth on the earth?

9 And he tolde this parable vnto certayne which trusted in them selues, that they were perfect, and despised other.

10 Two men went vp into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publicane.

11 The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane.

12 I fast twise in the weeke, I geue tithe of all that I possesse.

13 And the publicane standyng a farre of, woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, saying: God be mercifull to me a sinner.

14 I tell you, this man departed home to his house iustified, rather then the other. For euery one that exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.

15 They brought vnto him also infantes that he should touch them: Which, whe his disciples sawe it, they rebuked the.

16 But Iesus, when he had called them vnto hym, saide, Suffer chyldre to come vnto me, and forbyd them not: For of such is the kyngdome of God.

17 Ueryly I say vnto you: Whosoeuer receaueth not the kyngdome of God, as a chylde, shall not enter therin.

18 And a certayne ruler asked hym, saying: Good maister, what ought I to do, to possesse eternall lyfe?

19 Iesus sayde vnto hym: Why callest thou me good? None is good, saue God onely.