rkjnt - Luke:18:1-14

rkjnt@Luke:18:1 @ And he spoke a parable to them to show that men ought always to pray, and not loose heart;

rkjnt@Luke:18:2 @ Saying, There was a judge in a city, who did not fear God or respect man:

rkjnt@Luke:18:3 @ And there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, Give me justice against my adversary.

rkjnt@Luke:18:4 @ And he would not for a while: but afterward he said to himself, Though I do not fear God or respect man;

rkjnt@Luke:18:5 @ Yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, lest by her continual coming she wear me out.

rkjnt@Luke:18:6 @ And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.

rkjnt@Luke:18:7 @ And shall not God vindicate his elect, who cry day and night to him, and will he delay long with them?

rkjnt@Luke:18:8 @ I tell you that he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?

rkjnt@Luke:18:9 @ And he spoke this parable to certain people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

rkjnt@Luke:18:10 @ Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax gatherer.

rkjnt@Luke:18:11 @ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax gatherer.

rkjnt@Luke:18:12 @ I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

rkjnt@Luke:18:13 @ And the tax gatherer, standing far off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but beat upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me, a sinner.

rkjnt@Luke:18:14 @ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one who exalts himself shall be abased; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.