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And he spake* a parable unto themto this end, that men oughtalways to pray, andnot to faint;
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Saying, There wasinacity[a]ajudge, which fearednotGod,neither*regardedman:
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And there was a widowinthatcity;and she cameuntohim,saying, Avengemeofmineadversary.
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And he wouldnotfor a while:butafterwardhesaidwithinhimself,Though I fearnotGod,nor*regardman;
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Yetbecausethiswidowtroubleth*me, I will avengeher,lestby her continualcoming she wearyme.
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And the Lordsaid, Hearwhat the unjustjudgesaith.
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AndshallnotGodavenge* his ownelect,whichcrydayandnightuntohim,though he bear longwiththem?
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I tellyouthat he willavengethemspeedily*. Neverthelesswhen the Son of mancometh, shall he findfaithon the earth?
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And he spake*thisparableuntocertainwhichtrustedinthemselvesthat[b] they wererighteous,anddespisedothers:
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Twomen went upinto the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,and the other a publican.
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The Phariseestood and prayedthuswithhimself,God, I thankthee,that I amnotasothermen are, extortioners,unjust,adulterers,orevenasthispublican.
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I fasttwice in the week, I give tithes of allthat I possess.
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And the publican,standing afar off,wouldnot lift up so much as his eyesuntoheaven,butsmoteuponhisbreast,saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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I tellyou, this man went downtohishousejustified rather than the other:for every one that exaltethhimself shall be abased; and he that humblethhimself shall be exalted.
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And they brought unto himalsoinfants,that he would touchthem:but when his disciplessaw it, they rebukedthem.
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ButJesuscalledthem unto him, and said, Suffer little children to comeuntome,andforbidthemnot:for of suchis the kingdom of God.
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Verily I say unto you,Whosoevershallnotreceive the kingdom of Godas a little childshall in no wiseentertherein*.
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And a certainruleraskedhim,saying, GoodMaster,what shall I do to inheriteternallife?
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AndJesussaid unto him,Why callest thoumegood?none is good,saveone, that is, God.
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And he said, Allthese have I keptfrommyyouth up.
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Now when Jesusheard these things, he said unto him,Yetlackestthouone thing: sellallthat thou hast, anddistribute unto the poor,and thou shalt havetreasureinheaven:andcome, followme.
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And when he heardthis, he was very sorrowful:for he wasveryrich.
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And when Jesussaw that hewas very sorrowful, he said, Howhardly shall they that haverichesenterinto the kingdom of God!
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For it iseasier for a camel to gothrough a needle'seye,than for a rich man to enterinto the kingdom of God.
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And they that heard it said, Whothen can besaved?
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And he said, The things which are impossiblewithmenarepossiblewithGod.
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ThenPetersaid, Lo, we have leftall,andfollowedthee.
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And he said unto them,Verily I say unto you*, There is no manthat hath lefthouse,orparents,orbrethren,orwife,orchildren,for the kingdom of God'ssake,
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Whoshallnotreceive manifold moreinthis present time,andin the world to comelifeeverlasting.
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Then he took unto him the twelve, and saiduntothem,Behold, we go uptoJerusalem,and all things that are writtenby the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
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For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles,and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
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And they shall scourge him, and puthim to death: and the thirdday he shall rise again.
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Andtheyunderstoodnone of these things:andthissayingwashidfromthem*, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
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And it came to pass, that ashe was come nighuntoJericho, a certain blind mansatby the way sidebegging:
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Andhearing the multitude pass by, he askedwhatitmeant.
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And they toldhim,thatJesus of Nazareth passeth by.
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And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
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And they which went beforerebukedhim,that he should hold his peace: buthecried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
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AndJesusstood, and commandedhim to be broughtuntohim:and when he was come near, he askedhim,
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Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?And he said, Lord,that I may receive my sight.