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Ἔλεγεν δὲ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸ δεῖν πάντοτε προσεύχεσθαι αὐτοὺς καὶ μὴ ἐγκακεῖν,

NET2 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

λέγων· κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει τὸν θεὸν μὴ φοβούμενος καὶ ἄνθρωπον μὴ ἐντρεπόμενος.

NET2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα· ἐκδίκησον με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.

NET2 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἐπὶ χρόνον. μετὰ |δὲ| ταῦτα εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ· εἰ καὶ τὸν θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον ἐντρέπομαι,

NET2 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

διά γε τὸ παρέχειν μοι κόπον τὴν χήραν ταύτην ἐκδικήσω αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς τέλος ἐρχομένη ὑπωπιάζῃ με.

NET2 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”

Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος· ἀκούσατε τί ὁ κριτὴς τῆς ἀδικίας λέγει·

NET2 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

ὁ δὲ θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν βοώντων αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμεῖ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς;

NET2 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει. πλὴν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐλθὼν ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;

NET2 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Εἶπεν δὲ καὶ πρός τινας τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι εἰσὶν δίκαιοι καὶ ἐξουθενοῦντας τοὺς λοιποὺς τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην·

NET2 Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

῎Ανθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, |ὁ| εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης.

NET2 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν |ταῦτα| προσηύχετο· ὁ θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης·

NET2 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, |ἀποδεκατῶ| πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι.

NET2 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

ὁ δὲ τελώνης μακρόθεν ἑστὼς οὐκ ἤθελεν οὐδὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐπᾶραι εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ἀλλ᾿ ἔτυπτεν τὸ στῆθος |αὐτοῦ| λέγων· ὁ θεός, ἱλάσθητι μοι τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ.

NET2 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ παρ᾿ ἐκεῖνον· ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.

NET2 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Προσέφερον δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ βρέφη ἵνα αὐτῶν ἅπτηται· ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐπετίμων αὐτοῖς.

NET2 Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσεκαλέσατο |αὐτὰ| λέγων· ἄφετε τὰ παιδία ἔρχεσθαι πρός με καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά, τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.

NET2 But Jesus called for the children, saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὃς ἂν μὴ δέξηται τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς παιδίον, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς αὐτήν.

NET2 I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

Καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τις αὐτὸν ἄρχων λέγων· διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;

NET2 Now a certain leader asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς |ὁ| θεός.

NET2 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας· μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φονεύσῃς, μὴ κλέψῃς, μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα.

NET2 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”