Luke 18 – NIV & CCBT

New International Version

Luke 18:1-43

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, honor 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 delivered 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.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

路加福音 18:1-43

恆心禱告

1耶穌講了一個比喻來教導門徒要常常禱告,不要灰心。

2祂說:「某城有一位既不敬畏上帝也不尊重人的審判官。 3那城裡有一位寡婦常常來哀求這位審判官,說,『求你為我伸冤,懲辦我的對頭。』 4審判官總是充耳不聞,但後來心裡想,『雖然我不怕上帝,也不在乎人, 5可是這寡婦一直來煩我,還是替她伸冤好了,免得她再來煩我!』」

6主接著說:「你們聽,這不義的審判官尚且這麼說, 7難道上帝聽到祂揀選的人晝夜呼求,不替他們伸冤嗎?難道祂會一直耽延不理嗎? 8我告訴你們,祂必很快為他們伸冤。不過當人子來的時候,在世上找得到有信心的人嗎?」

兩種禱告

9耶穌對那些自以為義、藐視別人的人講了一個比喻: 10「有兩個人到聖殿裡禱告,一個是法利賽人,一個是稅吏。 11法利賽人站在那裡自言自語地禱告說,『上帝啊!我感謝你,因為我不像別人那樣勒索、不義、通姦,也不像這稅吏。 12我每週禁食兩次,奉獻全部收入的十分之一。』

13「但那稅吏卻遠遠地站著,連頭也不敢抬起來,捶著胸說,『上帝啊,求你憐憫我這個罪人!』

14「我告訴你們,二人回家後,被上帝算為義的是稅吏而不是法利賽人,因為自高的人必遭貶抑,謙卑的人必得尊榮。」

祝福孩子

15有許多人把嬰孩帶來要讓耶穌摸一摸他們,為他們祝福,門徒看見,就責備這些人。 16耶穌卻招呼他們過來,並對門徒說:「讓小孩子到我這裡來,不要阻止他們,因為上帝的國屬於這樣的人。 17我實在告訴你們,人若不像小孩子一樣接受上帝的國,絕不能進去。」

富豪求問永生

18一位官長問耶穌:「良善的老師,我該做什麼才能承受永生?」

19耶穌說:「你為什麼稱呼我『良善的老師』呢?只有上帝是良善的。 20你知道『不可通姦,不可殺人,不可偷盜,不可作偽證,要孝敬父母』這些誡命」。

21那人說:「我從小就遵行這些誡命。」

22耶穌聽了就對他說:「你還有一件事沒有做,就是變賣你所有的產業,分給窮人,你必有財寶存在天上,然後你還要來跟從我。」 23那人聽了,極其憂愁,因為他非常富有。

24耶穌見狀,就說;「有錢人進上帝的國真難啊! 25駱駝穿過針眼比有錢人進上帝的國還容易呢!」

26聽見的人就問:「這樣,誰能得救呢?」

27耶穌回答說:「對人而言,這不可能,但對上帝而言,凡事都可能。」

28彼得說:「你看!我們已經撇下一切來跟從你了。」

29耶穌說:「我實在告訴你們,任何人為了上帝的國而撇下房屋、妻子、弟兄、父母或兒女, 30今世必得百倍的獎賞,來世必得永生。」

再次預言受害和復活

31耶穌把十二使徒帶到一邊,對他們說:「你們要留意,我們現在前往耶路撒冷,先知書上有關人子的記載都要應驗, 32人子將被交在外族人的手裡,被他們嘲弄、虐待、吐唾沫、 33鞭打和殺害,但第三天祂必復活。」 34使徒卻一點也不明白,因為這番話的含意是隱藏的,他們聽不明白。

治癒耶利哥的瞎子

35耶穌快到耶利哥城的時候,有一個瞎子坐在路旁討飯。 36他聽見許多人經過,就詢問是怎麼回事。 37有人告訴他是拿撒勒人耶穌經過此地, 38他就高聲呼喊:「大衛的後裔耶穌啊,可憐我吧!」

39走在前面的人責備他,讓他安靜,但他反而叫得更大聲:「大衛的後裔啊,可憐我吧!」

40耶穌停下腳步,命人把他帶過來,然後問他: 41「你要我為你做什麼?」

他說:「主啊!我想能夠看見。」

42耶穌對他說:「你看見吧!你的信心救了你。」 43他立刻得見光明,並跟隨耶穌,一路讚美上帝。目睹這事的人也都讚美上帝。