Gospel of Luke bible study chapters 13 through 18

            This is the next installment to the gospel of Luke, namely chapters 13 through 19, for your studying. There are many excellent things, including parables, miracles and even end times related teachings.Here is a link to the prior six chapters, 7 to 12:

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In chapter 13 Jesus reminds us all of our need to repent or perish then heals someone again on the Sabbath day much angering the synagogue leader then reminds all to strive to enter at the narrow door:

(Luke 13:1)  There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

(Luke 13:2)  And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?

(Luke 13:3)  No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

(Luke 13:4)  Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?

(Luke 13:5)  No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."

(Luke 13:6)  And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

(Luke 13:7)  And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?'

(Luke 13:8)  And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.

(Luke 13:9)  Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

(Luke 13:10)  Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

(Luke 13:11)  And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.

(Luke 13:12)  When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability."

(Luke 13:13)  And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.

(Luke 13:14)  But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

(Luke 13:15)  Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?

(Luke 13:16)  And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

(Luke 13:17)  As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

(Luke 13:18)  He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

(Luke 13:19)  It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."

(Luke 13:20)  And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

(Luke 13:21)  It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."

(Luke 13:22)  He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem.

(Luke 13:23)  And someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,

(Luke 13:24)  "Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

(Luke 13:25)  When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

(Luke 13:26)  Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

(Luke 13:27)  But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!'

(Luke 13:28)  In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out.

(Luke 13:29)  And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.

(Luke 13:30)  And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

(Luke 13:31)  At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you."

(Luke 13:32)  And he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.

(Luke 13:33)  Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.'

(Luke 13:34)  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

(Luke 13:35)  Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Chapter 14 is filled with parables and good teachings with life applications to us, even some end times meanings:

(Luke 14:1)  One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.

(Luke 14:2)  And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.

(Luke 14:3)  And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"

(Luke 14:4)  But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away.

(Luke 14:5)  And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"

(Luke 14:6)  And they could not reply to these things.

(Luke 14:7)  Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

(Luke 14:8)  "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him,

(Luke 14:9)  and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

(Luke 14:10)  But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

(Luke 14:11)  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

(Luke 14:12)  He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

(Luke 14:13)  But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

(Luke 14:14)  and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

(Luke 14:15)  When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

(Luke 14:16)  But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.

(Luke 14:17)  And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

(Luke 14:18)  But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.'

(Luke 14:19)  And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.'

(Luke 14:20)  And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

(Luke 14:21)  So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

(Luke 14:22)  And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

(Luke 14:23)  And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.

(Luke 14:24)  For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

(Luke 14:25)  Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,

(Luke 14:26)  "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

(Luke 14:27)  Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

(Luke 14:28)  For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

(Luke 14:29)  Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

(Luke 14:30)  saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

(Luke 14:31)  Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

(Luke 14:32)  And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

(Luke 14:33)  So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

(Luke 14:34)  "Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

(Luke 14:35)  It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

In chapter 15 Jesus tells a series of parables which illustrate how valuable repentance is to God, concluding with the beautiful prodigal son parable

(Luke 15:1)  Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

(Luke 15:2)  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."

(Luke 15:3)  So he told them this parable:

(Luke 15:4)  "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

(Luke 15:5)  And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

(Luke 15:6)  And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

(Luke 15:7)  Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

(Luke 15:8)  "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?

(Luke 15:9)  And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

(Luke 15:10)  Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

(Luke 15:11)  And he said, "There was a man who had two sons.

(Luke 15:12)  And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them.

(Luke 15:13)  Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.

(Luke 15:14)  And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.

(Luke 15:15)  So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

(Luke 15:16)  And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

(Luke 15:17)  "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!

(Luke 15:18)  I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

(Luke 15:19)  I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants."'

(Luke 15:20)  And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

(Luke 15:21)  And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

(Luke 15:22)  But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

(Luke 15:23)  And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.

(Luke 15:24)  For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.

(Luke 15:25)  "Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

(Luke 15:26)  And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

(Luke 15:27)  And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.'

(Luke 15:28)  But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,

(Luke 15:29)  but he answered his father, 'Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

(Luke 15:30)  But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

(Luke 15:31)  And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

(Luke 15:32)  It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"

In chapter 16 Jesus tells more parables and teachings including those of the rich fool and Lazarus:

(Luke 16:1)  He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

(Luke 16:2)  And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

(Luke 16:3)  And the manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

(Luke 16:4)  I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.'

(Luke 16:5)  So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

(Luke 16:6)  He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

(Luke 16:7)  Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

(Luke 16:8)  The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

(Luke 16:9)  And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

(Luke 16:10)  "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

(Luke 16:11)  If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?

(Luke 16:12)  And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

(Luke 16:13)  No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."

(Luke 16:14)  The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

(Luke 16:15)  And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

(Luke 16:16)  "The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

(Luke 16:17)  But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

(Luke 16:18)  "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

(Luke 16:19)  "There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

(Luke 16:20)  And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

(Luke 16:21)  who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

(Luke 16:22)  The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,

(Luke 16:23)  and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.

(Luke 16:24)  And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

(Luke 16:25)  But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

(Luke 16:26)  And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.'

(Luke 16:27)  And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house--

(Luke 16:28)  for I have five brothers--so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'

(Luke 16:29)  But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'

(Luke 16:30)  And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

(Luke 16:31)  He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'"

In chapter 17 Jesus speaks of the value of correcting people, forgiveness, and worthiness, then there is the cleansing of ten lepers and then a good end times teaching:

(Luke 17:1)  And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

(Luke 17:2)  It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

(Luke 17:3)  Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,

(Luke 17:4)  and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

(Luke 17:5)  The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

(Luke 17:6)  And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

(Luke 17:7)  "Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'?

(Luke 17:8)  Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'?

(Luke 17:9)  Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?

(Luke 17:10)  So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

(Luke 17:11)  On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

(Luke 17:12)  And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance

(Luke 17:13)  and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

(Luke 17:14)  When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.

(Luke 17:15)  Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;

(Luke 17:16)  and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.

(Luke 17:17)  Then Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

(Luke 17:18)  Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

(Luke 17:19)  And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

(Luke 17:20)  Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,

(Luke 17:21)  nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."

(Luke 17:22)  And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

(Luke 17:23)  And they will say to you, 'Look, there!' or 'Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them.

(Luke 17:24)  For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

(Luke 17:25)  But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

(Luke 17:26)  Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

(Luke 17:27)  They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

(Luke 17:28)  Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot--they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

(Luke 17:29)  but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all--

(Luke 17:30)  so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

(Luke 17:31)  On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.

(Luke 17:32)  Remember Lot's wife.

(Luke 17:33)  Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.

(Luke 17:34)  I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.

(Luke 17:35)  There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left."

(Luke 17:36)  [Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.]

(Luke 17:37)  And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather."

In chapter 18 there are more parables like the unjust judge then Jesus announces it is time to go to Jerusalem, then heals a blind man who sought Him for his sight

(Lurk 18:1)  And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

(Luke 18:2)  He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

(Luke 18:3)  And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

(Luke 18:4)  For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

(Luke 18:5)  yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"

(Luke 18:6)  And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

(Luke 18:7)  And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

(Luke 18:8)  I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

(Luke 18:9)  He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:

(Luke 18:10)  "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

(Luke 18:11)  The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

(Luke 18:12)  I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.'

(Luke 18:13)  But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

(Luke 18:14)  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

(Luke 18:15)  Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

(Luke 18:16)  But Jesus called them to him, saying, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

(Luke 18:17)  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

(Luke 18:18)  And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

(Luke 18:19)  And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

(Luke 18:20)  You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'"

(Luke 18:21)  And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."

(Luke 18:22)  When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

(Luke 18:23)  But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

(Luke 18:24)  Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

(Luke 18:25)  For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

(Luke 18:26)  Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

(Luke 18:27)  But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

(Luke 18:28)  And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you."

(Luke 18:29)  And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

(Luke 18:30)  who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."

(Luke 18:31)  And taking the twelve, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

(Luke 18:32)  For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

(Luke 18:33)  And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."

(Luke 18:34)  But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

(Luke 18:35)  As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

(Luke 18:36)  And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.

(Luke 18:37)  They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

(Luke 18:38)  And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

(Luke 18:39)  And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

(Luke 18:40)  And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,

(Luke 18:41)  "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me recover my sight."

(Luke 18:42)  And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well."

(Luke 18:43)  And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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Jesus loves you, more than you can possibly know. God sent Him on this mission to save the world and Jesus did that willingly, but it is those willing to accept Him as Lord of their lives. The gospels, including this one, relate the story of His life, His teachings and then His sacrifice. If what you have read here has put conviction from the Holy Spirit to let Him in, so that Your sins are forgiven, whether to come to Him to start out with or to return to Him after drifting away, I invite you to pray this prayer with me:

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours