CHAPTER XVIII.

The parable of the importunate widow, 1-8.

Of the Pharisee and the publican, 9-14.

Infants brought to Christ, 15-17.

The ruler who wished to know how he might inherit eternal life,

18-23.

Our Lord's reflections on his case, 24-27.

What they shall receive who follow Christ, 28-30.

He foretells his approaching passion and death, 31-34.

He restores a blind man to sight at Jericho, 35-43.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII.

Verse Luke 18:1. Men ought always to pray] Therefore the plain meaning and moral of the parable are evident; viz. that as afflictions and desolations were coming on the land, and they should have need of much patience and continual fortitude, and the constant influence and protection of the Almighty, therefore they should be instant in prayer. It states, farther, that men should never cease praying for that the necessity of which God has given them to feel, till they receive a full answer to their prayers. No other meaning need be searched for in this parable: St. Luke, who perfectly knew his Master's meaning, has explained it as above.

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