Luke 18
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Why did Jesus tell his disciples this parable? (Verse 1)
What is the description of the Judge? (Verse 2)
What is the description of the widow? (Verse 3)
Who does the widow go to? (Verse 3)
Who does the widow ask for justice against? (Verse 3)
Did the judge refuse? (Verse 4)
Finally, what did the judge say? (verse 4)
Why does he say this? (Verse 5)
What is Jesus' conclusion? (verse 6-8)
What does Jesus ask about the Son of man finding? (Verse 8)
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Who did Jesus tell the next parable to? (Verse 9)
Who are the two people who went up to the temple to pray? (Verse 10)
How did the Pharisee pray? (Verse 11-12)
Does the Pharisee thank God? (verse 11)
Who does the Pharisee thank God for? (verse 11)
Who does the Pharisee the object of his thankfulness to? (Verse 11)
How often does the Pharisee say he fasts? (verse 12)
How much doe the Pharisee say he gives? (Verse 12)
How does the tax collector pray? (verse 13)
Where does the tax collector stand? (verse 13)
What does he ask God for? (Verse 13) (cor. Luke 17)
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home ______ before God.
For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled,
and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (verse 14) (cor. Luke 14)
The Little Children and Jesus
Who was being brought to Jesus? (verse 15)
Why were they being brought to Jesus? (Verse 15)
Who rebuked those bringing them? (verse 15)
How did Jesus respond to this? (Verse 16-17)
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will ___________ enter it.” (verse 16-17)
The Rich and the Kingdom of God
"A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to ____________ eternal life?” (cor. Matt. 19:16, Mark 10:17)
Who asks Jesus a question and what was the question? (Verse 18)
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God _______. (Verse 19)
"You know the commandments:
‘You shall not commit adultery,
you shall not murder, you shall not steal,
you shall not give false testimony,
__________ your father and mother.’” (Verse 20)
“All these I have kept _______ I was a boy,” he said. (Verse 20)
"When Jesus heard this,
he said to him,
'You ________ lack one thing.
Sell everything you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.'" (Verse 22)
What was the man's response to hearing this? (verse 23)
Why did he become like this? (Verse 23)
"Jesus looked at him and said, 'How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!'"(verse 24)
What analogy does Jesus use? (Verse 25)
25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
How did those who could hear react to this? (Verse 25-27)
"Those who _______ this asked, 'Who then can be saved?'" (verse 26)
"Jesus replied, 'What is impossible with _____ is possible with God.'" (Verse 27)
Peter said to him, “We have left ______ we had to follow you!” (verse 28)
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the _______________________________ will fail to receive many times as much in _______ age,______ in the age to come eternal life.” (verse 29-30)
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
When does Jesus say, "“We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.” (verse 31-33)
What does Jesus say will happen to the Son of Man? (Verse 31-34)
Did the disciples know what Jesus was saying to them? (Verse 34)
A Blind Beggar Receives His Sight
What happened in verses 35-43?
Where was the blind man? (Verse 35)
Where was Jesus? (verse 35)
When did the blind man ask what was happening? (Verse 36)
Who did they say was passing by? (Verse 37)
What was the man's reaction to hearing this? (Verse 37-43)
Was the blind man rebuked? (Verse 39)
Did the blind man stop because he was rebuked? (Verse 39) (cor. 1-8)
What did Jesus do? (verse 40-43)
Who did Jesus call to him? (Verse 40) (cor. 15-17)
What does Jesus ask the man? (Verse 41)
What does the blind man want? (Verse 41)
What did Jesus say had healed the man? (Verse 42)
Did the blind man follow Jesus? (Verse 43)
How did the blind man follow Jesus? (Verse 43)
Interpretation:
What are the themes of this chapter?
Who does Jesus shift the focus to? (Verse 19)
Faith in? (Verse 42)
Thoughts:
25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
cor. Matthew 3:4 - Psalm 24 - Luke 18:25
The problem could be described that the animal (that is known for the ability to travel for prolonged periods in the desert by carrying water in itself) would have to become very small in order to be threaded through the needle. It is not impossible with God. We could pray the animal would become small enough.
The problem could be that the needle and specifically the needle's head is very narrow. This would correlate with Matt. 7:13. -Praying that the needle would open up wide enough to let the camel through.
Application
We should always pray and not give up.
Pray with me, specifically for family members.
We need Jesus to heal things that are beyond what we can see
and to bring family members who don't know Jesus to open up to Him
Luke 18New International Version (NIV)
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Mancomes, will he find faith on the earth?”
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else,Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fasttwice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
The Little Children and Jesus
15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
The Rich and the Kingdom of God
18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’[a]”
21 “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.
22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. 24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
28 Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; 33 they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
34 The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
A Blind Beggar Receives His Sight
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
38 He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
42 Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.
Footnotes:
- Luke 18:20 Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20
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