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Luke 18

Luke 18:5

YET, BECAUSE THIS WIDOW TROUBLETH ME, I WILL AVENGE HER, LEST BY HER CONTINUAL COMING SHE WEARY ME. The revelations of Jesus concerning the last days of the world and His coming to Judgment would naturally fill the disciples with consternation and apprehension. It was evident that, with such afflict... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:8

I TELL YOU THAT HE WILL AVENGE THEM SPEEDILY. NEVERTHELESS, WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMETH, SHALL HE FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH? The Lord Himself, in pointing out the lesson, brings out the contrast strongly: on the one hand, the judge of unrighteousness, whose ideas of justice were not only hazy, but who... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:9

AND HE SPAKE THIS PARABLE UNTO CERTAIN WHICH TRUSTED THEMSELVES THAT THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS AND DESPISED OTHERS:... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:11

THE PHARISEE STOOD AND PRAYED THUS WITH HIMSELF, GOD, I THANK THEE THAT I AM NOT I OTHER MEN ARE, EXTORTIONERS, UNJUST, ADULTERERS, OR EVEN AS THIS PUBLICAN.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:12

I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK, I GIVE TITHES OF ALL THAT I POSSESS. During the last journey of Jesus, representatives of the Pharisees were present almost continually. It is probable that some of these had given some evidence of their imagined superiority again, or there were other that had their way of... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:13

AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF, WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH AS HIS EYES UNTO HEAVEN, BUT SMOTE UPON HIS BREAST, SAYING, GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER!... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:14

I TELL YOU, THIS MAN WENT DOWN TO HIS HOUSE JUSTIFIED RATHER THAN THE OTHER; FOR EVERY ONE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF SHALL BE ABASED; AND HE THAT HUMBLETH HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED. The publican had nothing of the arrogance and self-assertiveness of the Pharisee. He stood at a great distance, probably in... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:15

AND THEY BROUGHT UNTO HIM ALSO INFANTS THAT HE WOULD TOUCH THEM; BUT WHEN HIS DISCIPLES SAW IT, THEY REBUKED THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:16

BUT JESUS CALLED THEM UNTO HIM AND SAID, SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME, AND FORBID THEM NOT; FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:17

VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT RECEIVE THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A LITTLE CHILD SHALL IN NO WISE ENTER THEREIN. The incident here told happened in one of the hamlets, probably in Perea, while Jesus was on His last journey to Jerusalem. The kindness of Jesus won the hearts of all that were no... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:20

THOU KNOWEST THE COMMANDMENTS: DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT KILL, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:22

NOW WHEN JESUS HEARD THESE THINGS, HE SAID UNTO HIM, YET LACKEST THOU ONE THING: SELL ALL THAT THOU HAST, AND DISTRIBUTE UNTO THE POOR, AND THOU SHALT HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN; AND COME, FOLLOW ME.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:23

AN/D WHEN HE HEARD THIS, HE WAS VERY SORROWFUL; FOR HE WAS VERY RICH. See Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17. Jesus was still on the eastern side of the Jordan when the incident occurred which is here narrated. A young rich ruler of a local synagogue came to him and asked him, with all marks of respect and e... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:24

AND WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS VERY SORROWFUL, HE SAID, HOW HARDLY SHALL THEY THAT HAVE RICHES ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD!... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:27

AND HE SAID, THE THINGS WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD. The young ruler had gotten more than he bargained for; he went away from Jesus, and it is very doubtful whether he ever returned. Jesus determined to teach His disciples and others that were near a lesson drawn from the inc... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:29

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... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:30

WHO SHALL NOT RECEIVE MANIFOLD MORE IN THIS PRESENT TIME AND IN THE WORLD TO COME LIFE EVERLASTING. The disciples of Jesus had experienced in their own lives the wonderful mercy of God, who had not only caused them to forsake the things of this world and had wrought faith in their hearts, but had gi... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:31-34

THE LORD'S THIRD PREDICTION OF HIS PASSION. v. 31. THEN HE TOOK UNTO HIM THE TWELVE AND SAID UNTO THEM, BEHOLD, WE GO UP TO JERUSALEM, AND ALL THINGS THAT ARE WRITTEN BY THE PROPHETS CONCERNING THE SON OF MAN SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED.... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:34

AND THEY UNDERSTOOD NONE OF THESE THINGS, AND THIS SAYING WAS HID FROM THEM, NEITHER KNEW THEY THE THINGS WHICH WERE SPOKEN. Twice the Lord had spoken very explicitly of His coming Passion, but the disciples had not understood the reference: Here He took the Twelve aside and placed Himself at their... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:39

AND THEY WHICH WENT BEFORE REBUKED HIM THAT HE SHOULD HOLD HIS PEACE; BUT HE CRIED SO MUCH THE MORE, THOU SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME. See Matthew 20:29; Mark 10:46. Jesus had now crossed the Jordan from Perea into Judea and was nearing the city of Jericho. Near this city He healed two blind men,... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 18:43

AND IMMEDIATELY HE RECEIVED HIS SIGHT, AND FOLLOWED HIM, GLORIFYING GOD; AND ALL THE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SAW IT, GAVE PRAISE UNTO GOD. Jesus, as soon as He heard the plaintive cry, stood still in the road and commanded that the blind man be brought to Him. And now willing hands were found without trou... [ Continue Reading ]

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