Prispodoba o ustrajnoj udovici
1Isus ispriča učenicima prispodobu da ih pouči kako se uvijek treba moliti i nikada odustajati: 2“Bio je u nekome gradu sudac. Niti se bojao Boga niti je mario što misle ljudi. 3A u tomu je gradu bila i neka udovica koja je stalno dolazila k njemu i molila ga: ‘Obrani me od mojega tužitelja!’ 4Sudac dugo nije mario za to, ali napokon reče: ‘Iako se ne bojim Boga i ne marim za ljude, 5obranit ću tu udovicu jer mi stalno dodijava, da me ne dolazi vječno gnjaviti!’
6Čujte što govori nepravedni sudac!” reče Gospodin. 7“Neće li Bog onda obraniti svoje izabranike koji danonoćno vape k njemu? Hoće li odgađati da im pomogne? 8Kažem vam, žurno će im stati u obranu. Ali kad se ja, Sin Čovječji, vratim, hoću li naći vjere na zemlji?”
Priča o farizeju i ubiraču poreza
9Ispriča zatim prispodobu nekima koji su bili uvjereni u svoju pravednost, a druge su prezirali: 10“Dva su se čovjeka došla u Hram pomoliti. Jedan je bio farizej, a drugi grešni ubirač poreza. 11Ponosni se farizej u sebi molio: ‘Bože, hvala ti što nisam kao ostali ljudi: grabežljiv, nepravedan, preljubnik ili kao ovaj ubirač poreza. 12Dvaput u tjednu postim i dajem desetinu svojeg prihoda.’
13A ubirač poreza ostao je daleko i nije se usudio čak ni pogledati u nebo dok je molio. Udarao se u prsa i govorio: ‘Bože, smiluj se meni grešniku!’ 14Kažem vam: on je otišao doma opravdan pred Bogom, a ne farizej! Jer tko sebe uzvisuje, bit će ponižen, a ponizni će biti uzvišeni.”
Isus blagoslivlja djecu
(Mt 19:13-15; Mk 10:13-16)
15Isusu su dovodili i vrlo malu djecu da ih dotakne i blagoslovi. Kad su to opazili, učenici su im to priječili. 16Ali Isus ih dozove i reče: “Pustite dječicu k meni i ne tjerajte ih jer takvima pripada Božje kraljevstvo! 17Zaista vam kažem, tko ne prihvati kraljevstvo Božje poput te dječice, nikada neće u njega ući!”
Bogataš
(Mt 19:16-30; Mk 10:17-31)
18Neki uglednik upita Isusa: “Dobri učitelju, što moram učiniti da dobijem vječni život?”
19“Zašto me zoveš dobrim?”18:19 Epitet “dobar” upotrebljavao se samo za Boga. Isus postavlja pitanje da bi vidio da li čovjek ima pravilno razumijevanje Isusovog identiteta, odnosno, da je Isus Bog. Ukoliko ga čovjek prihvaća kao Boga, on će onda prihvatiti Isusov poziv da rasproda sve što ima i da ga slijedi. upita ga Isus. “Dobar je samo Bog. 20A zapovijedi znaš: ‘Ne čini preljub’, ‘Ne ubij’, ‘Ne ukradi’, ‘Ne svjedoči lažno’, ‘Poštuj oca i majku!’”
21“Svih tih zapovijedi držim se još od mladosti”, odgovori čovjek.
22“Još ti jedno nedostaje”, reče mu nato Isus. “Idi i prodaj sve što imaš, a novac razdijeli siromasima pa ćeš imati blago na nebu. A onda dođi i slijedi me!” 23Kad je to čuo, čovjek se ražalosti jer je bio vrlo bogat.
24Videći to, Isus reče: “Kako je teško bogatašima ući u kraljevstvo Božje! 25Lakše bi devi bilo provući se kroz iglenu ušicu nego bogatašu ući u Božje kraljevstvo!”
26Koji su to čuli, pitali su: “Pa tko se onda uopće može spasiti?”
27“Što je nemoguće ljudima, moguće je Bogu!”, odgovori im Isus.
28Petar reče: “Evo, mi smo sve svoje ostavili da te slijedimo.”
29“Zaista vam kažem, nema toga tko je ostavio kuću, ili ženu, ili braću, ili roditelje, ili djecu zaradi Božjega kraljevstva 30a da neće već na ovome svijetu primiti mnogo više, a u budućemu svijetu i vječni život.”
Isus ponovno naviješta svoju smrt
(Mt 20:17-19; Mk 10:32-34)
31Isus okupi Dvanaestoricu i reče im: “Evo, ulazimo u Jeruzalem. Ondje će se na Sinu Čovječjemu ispuniti sve što su napisali proroci. 32Predat će ga poganima,18:32 To jest, Rimljanima. izrugivat će mu se, zlostavljati ga i popljuvati. 33Izbičevat će ga i ubiti, ali on će treći dan uskrsnuti.”
34Ali oni nisu ništa od toga razumjeli. Značenje tih riječi bilo im skriveno pa nisu mogli razumjeti o čemu govori.
Isus vraća vid slijepcu
(Mt 20:29-34; Mk 10:46-52)
35Kad se Isus približio Jerihonu, pokraj puta sjedio neki slijepac i prosio. 36Čuo je žamor mnoštva koje je prolazilo pa se raspitao što je to. 37“Prolazi Isus Nazarećanin”, kazaše mu. 38On nato poviče: “Isuse, Sine Davidov, smiluj mi se!” 39Ljudi iz mnoštva koje je išlo pred Isusom ušutkivali su ga, ali on je samo još jače vikao: “Sine Davidov, smiluj mi se!”
40Kad ga Isus začuje, zaustavi se i zapovjedi da ga dovedu. Kad se približio, upita ga: 41“Što želiš da ti učinim?”
“Da progledam, Gospodine!” zamoli on.
42A Isus mu reče: “Progledaj! Tvoja te je vjera iscijelila.” 43Slijepac smjesta progleda i krene cestom za Isusom slaveći Boga. I sav narod koji je to vidio zahvali Bogu.
The parable of the persistent widow
1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: ‘In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, “Grant me justice against my adversary.”
4‘For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, “Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!” ’
6And the Lord said, ‘Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?’
The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector
9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: “God, I thank you that I am not like other people – robbers, evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.”
13‘But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
14‘I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.’
The little children and Jesus
15People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’
The rich and the kingdom of God
18A certain ruler asked him, ‘Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
19‘Why do you call me good?’ Jesus answered. ‘No-one is good – except God alone. 20You know the commandments: “You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honour your father and mother.”18:20 Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20’
21‘All these I have kept since I was a boy,’ he said.
22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, ‘You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
23When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. 24Jesus looked at him and said, ‘How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! 25Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’
26Those who heard this asked, ‘Who then can be saved?’
27Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with man is possible with God.’
28Peter said to him, ‘We have left all we had to follow you!’
29‘Truly I tell you,’ Jesus said to them, ‘no-one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.’
Jesus predicts his death a third time
31Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, ‘We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; 33they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.’
34The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
A blind beggar receives his sight
35As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37They told him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.’
38He called out, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’
39Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’
40Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41‘What do you want me to do for you?’
‘Lord, I want to see,’ he replied.
42Jesus said to him, ‘Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.’ 43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.
