14Then Jesus said, “I tell you (pl) that as the tax collector went home, the record of his sins was erased { God erased the record of his sins}, not that of the Pharisee. Remember this: Those who exalt themselves will be humbled { God will humble all those who exalt themselves}, but those who humble themselves will be exalted { he will exalt those who humble themselves}.”
15One day when many people were coming to Jesus, they were also bringing small children. They wanted him to put his hands on the children and bless them. When the disciples saw that, they rebuked those who were bringing those children.
16But Jesus called the children to come to him. He said to his disciples, “Let the children come to me! Do not stop them! It is people who are humble and trusting like they are who can experience God ruling their lives.
17Note this: Those who do not trust God and allow him to direct their lives, as children do, will not enter the MET place where God rules.”
18A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good teacher, what shall I do in order to have eternal life?”
19Jesus said to him, “Only God is good! No one else is good! ◄So you(sg) should consider carefully what you are implying by calling me good!/ Do you realize that you are implying that I am God by calling me good?► RHQ
20But to answer your question, you (sg) know the commandments that God gave Moses. He commanded such things as ‘do not commit adultery, do not commit murder, do not steal, do not testify falsely about what you have seen or heard, honor your father and mother.’”
21The man said, “I have obeyed all those commandments ever since I was young. So ◄ there must be something else I have not done./is that enough?►”
22When Jesus heard him say that, he replied to him, “There is one thing that you (sg) have not done yet. Sell all that you own. Then give the money to poor people. The result will be that you will have spiritual riches in heaven. Then come and be my disciple!”
23The man became sad when he heard that, because he was very rich and he did not want to give everything away.
24Jesus looked at the man as he left, and said, “It is very difficult for those who are wealthy to decide to let God rule MET their lives.
25You would say that it is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is almost as difficult HYP for rich people to decide to let God rule their lives.”
26The Jews thought that God favored rich people, so they thought that if God did not save rich people, he would not save others, either. So one of the disciples who heard him say that replied, “If that is so, it seems that no one will be saved { that God will not save anyone} RHQ!”
27But Jesus said, “It is impossible for people to save themselves. But God can save them, because God can do anything!”
28Then Peter said, “ You know that we(exc) have left everything we had and have become your disciples RHQ. So what about us? (OR, So will God accept/save us?”)
29He said to them, “Keep this in mind: Those who have left their homes, their wives, their brothers, their parents, their children, or any other family members, to tell others about how God wants to rule MET people's lives,
30will receive in this life many times as much as they left. And in the future age they will ◄ live eternally with God/ have eternal life►.”
31Jesus took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves and said to them, “Listen carefully! We (inc) are now going up to Jerusalem. While we are there, everything that has been written by the prophets {that the prophets have written} about me, the one who came from heaven, will be fulfilled {will occur}.
32I will be put into the hands of { My enemies will hand me over to} non-Jews. The non-Jews will make fun of me and mistreat me and spit on me.
33They will whip me, and then they will kill me. But on the third day after that I will become alive again.”
34But the disciples did not understand any of those things that he said. They were prevented { Something prevented them} from understanding the meaning of what he was telling them.
35As Jesus and his disciples came near to Jericho city, a blind man was sitting beside the road. He was begging for money.
36When he heard the crowd of people passing by, he asked someone, “What is happening?”
37They told him, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth town, is passing by.”
38He shouted, “Jesus, you who are descended from King David, the Messiah, pity me!”
39Those who were walking at the front of the crowd scolded the man and told him to be quiet. But he shouted more loudly, “You who are descended from King David, the Messiah, pity me!”
40Jesus stopped and told people to bring the man to him. When the blind man came near, Jesus asked him,
41“What do you (sg) want me to do for you?” He replied, “Lord, enable me to see again!”
42Jesus said to him, “ Then see! Because you have trusted PRS in me, I have healed you!”
Luke 18
Luke 18:14-42