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New Testament ,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 18
2 The parable of the unrighteous Judge and the widow.
10 Of the Pharisee and Publican.
15 Children are of the kingdom of heaven.
22 To sell and give to the poor.
28 The Apostles forsake all.
31 Christ foretelleth his death.
35 The blind man receiveth sight.
1 And (1) he spake also a parable unto them, to
this end, that they (*) ought always to pray, and
not to (a) () wax faint,
(1) God will have us to
continue in prayer, not to weary us, but to
exercise us, therefore we must so strive with
impatience, that long delay cause us not to break
off the course of our prayers.
(*) Romans 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:17 .
(a) Yield to afflictions, and adversities, as they do
which are out of heart.
() The Greek word signifieth, not to shrink back as
cowards do in war, or to give place in afflictions or
dangers.
2 (b) Saying, There was a judge in a certain city,
which feared not God, neither reverenced man.
(b) He doeth not compare things that are of equal
together, but the less with the greater; If a man
get his right at a most unrighteous judge's hands,
much more shall the prayers of the godly prevail
before God.
3 And there was a widow in that city, which came
unto him, saying, (*) Do me justice against my ()
adversary.
(*) Or, avenge me.
() Who pleadeth against me.
4 And he would not of a long time; but afterward
he said with himself, Though I fear not God, nor
reverence man.
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will do
her right, lest at the last she come and (c) make
me weary.
(c) Word for word, beat me down with her blows,
and it is a metaphor taken of wrestlers, who beat
their adversaries with their fists or clubs; so do
they that are importunate beat the judge's ears
with their crying out, even as it were with blows.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous
judge saith.
7 Now shall not God avenge his elect, which cry
day and night unto him, yea, though (d) (*) he
suffer long for them?
(d) Though he seem slow in revenging the injury
done to his.
(*) And seem slow in revenging their wrongs.
8 I tell you he will avenge them quickly; but when
the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the
earth?
9 ¶ (2) He spake also this parable unto certain
which trusted in themselves that they were just,
and despised others.
(2) Two things especially make our prayers void
and of none effect; confidence of our own
righteousness, and the contempt of others, and a
humble heart is contrary to both these.
10 Two men went up into the Temple to pray, the
one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican.
11 (3) The Pharisee (*) stood and prayed thus
with himself, O God, I thank thee that I am not as
other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even
as this Publican.
(3) Although we confess that whatsoever we
have, we have it of God, yet we are despised of
God, as proud and arrogant, if we put never so
little trust in our own works before God.
(*) Whereby he declared his proud and disdainful
heart.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that
ever I possess.
13 But the Publican standing (e) afar off, would
not lift up so much as his (*) eyes to heaven, but
smote his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me
a sinner.
(e) Far from the Pharisee in a lower place.
(*) These were signs of a humble and lowly
heart.
14 I tell you, this man departed to his house
justified, () rather than the other; (*) for every man
that exalteth himself, shall be brought low, and he
that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
() Or, and not the other.
(*) Luke 14:11; Matthew 23:12 .
15 ¶ (*) (f) They brought unto him also () babes
that he should touch them. (4) And when his
disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
(*) Matthew 19:13; Mark 10:13 .
(f) The children were tender and young, in that
they were brought, which appeareth more
evidently in that, they were infants, which is to be
marked against them that are enemies to the
baptizing of children.
() The word signifieth young suckling babes which
they carried in their arms.
(4) To judge or think of Christ after the reason of
the flesh, is the cause of infinite corruptions.
16 (5) But Jesus (g) called (*) them unto him, and
said, Suffer the babes to come unto me, and forbid
them not, for of () such is the kingdom of God.
(5) The children also of the faithful are
comprehended in the free covenant of God.
(g) Them that carried the children, whom the
disciples drove away.
(*) He meaneth the nurses or them that bare the
babes, whom the Apostles rebuked.
() He comprehendeth as well them that are
infants of age, as them also, which are like unto
infants in simplicity and plainness.
17 (6) Verily I say unto you, whosoever receiveth
not the kingdom of God as (*) a babe, he shall not
enter therein.
(6) Childlike innocency is an ornament of
Christians.
(*) Signifying that they ought to lay aside all
malice and pride.
18 (*) Then a certain ruler asked him, saying,
Good Master, what ought I to do, to inherit
eternal life?
(*) Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17 .
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me
(*) good? None is good, save one, even God.
(*) Because commonly they abused this word,
Jesus sheweth him that he could not confess him
to be good except also he acknowledge that he
was God.
20 Thou knowest the commandments, (*) Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill,
Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness, Honor thy father and thy mother.
(*) Exodus 20:14 .
21 (7) And he said, All these have I kept from my
youth.
(7) The enticement of riches carrieth away many
from the right way.
22 Now when Jesus heard that, he said unto him,
Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that ever thou
hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven, and come follow me.
23 But when he heard those things, he was very
heavy, for he was marvelously rich.
24 (8) And when Jesus saw him very sorrowful,
he said, With what difficulty shall they that have
riches, enter into the kingdom of God!
(8) To be both rich and godly, is a singular gift of
God.
25 Surely it is easier for a (*) camel to go through
a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God.
(*) Or, cable rope.
26 Then said they that heard it, And who then can
be saved?
27 And he said, The things which are impossible
with men, are (*) possible with God.
(*) For he so governeth the hearts of his, that their
riches do not blind them.
28 ¶ (*) Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and
have followed thee.
(*) Matthew 19:27; Mark 10:28 .
29 (9) And he said unto them, Verily I say unto
you, there is no man that hath left house, or
parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the
kingdom of God's sake,
(9) They become the richest of all, which refuse
not to be poor for Christ's sake.
30 Which shall not receive (*) much more in this
world, and in the world to come life everlasting.
(*) The little that a man hath with the grace of
God, is a hundredfold better than all the
abundance that one can have without him; but the
chief recompense is in heaven.
31 ¶ (*) (10) Then Jesus took unto him the twelve,
and said unto them, Behold, we go up to
Jerusalem, and all things shall be fulfilled to the
Son of man, that are written by the Prophets.
(*) Matthew 20:17; Mark 10:32 .
(10) As sure and certain as persecution is, so sure
is the glory which remaineth for the conquerors.
32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and
shall be mocked, and shall be spitefully entreated,
and shall be spitted on.
33 And when they have scourged him, they will
put him to death, but the third day he shall rise
again.
34 But they understood (h) none of these things,
and this saying was hid from them, neither
perceived they the things, which were spoken.
(h) Hereby we see how ignorant the disciples
were.
35 ¶ (*) (11) And it came to pass, that as he was
come near unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by
the wayside, begging.
(*) Matthew 20:29; Mark 10:46 .
(11) Christ sheweth by a visible miracle, that he is
the light of the world.
36 And when he heard the people pass by, he
asked what it meant.
37 And they said unto him, that Jesus of Nazareth
passed by.
38 Then he cried, saying, Jesus the Son of David,
have mercy on me.
39 (12) And they which went before, rebuked him
that he should hold his peace, but he cried much
more, O (*) Son of David, have mercy on me.
(12) The more stops and lets that Satan layeth in
our way, even by them which profess Christ's
Name, so much the more ought we to go forward.
(*) The people used to call the Messiah by this
name, because they knew he should come of the
stock of David, Psalm 132:11; Acts 2:30 .
40 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to
be brought unto him. And when he was come
near, he asked him,
41 Saying, What wilt thou that I do unto thee?
And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight; thy
faith hath saved thee.
43 Then immediately he received his sight, and
followed him, (*) praising God; and all the people,
when they saw this, gave praise to God.
(*) He was mindful of the benefit received and also
the people were moved thereby to glorify God.
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