Chronological
The Grateful Leper
11 Now on[a] the way to Jerusalem,[b] Jesus[c] was passing along[d] between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As[e] he was entering[f] a village, ten men with leprosy[g] met him. They[h] stood at a distance, 13 raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy[i] on us.” 14 When[j] he saw them he said, “Go[k] and show yourselves to the priests.”[l] And[m] as they went along, they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising[n] God with a loud voice. 16 He[o] fell with his face to the ground[p] at Jesus’ feet and thanked him.[q] (Now[r] he was a Samaritan.)[s] 17 Then[t] Jesus said,[u] “Were[v] not ten cleansed? Where are the other[w] nine? 18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”[x] 19 Then[y] he said to the man,[z] “Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.”[aa]
The Coming of the Kingdom
20 Now at one point[ab] the Pharisees[ac] asked Jesus[ad] when the kingdom of God[ae] was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs[af] to be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is[ag] in your midst.”[ah]
The Coming of the Son of Man
22 Then[ai] he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days[aj] of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 Then people[ak] will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’[al] or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.[am] 24 For just like the lightning flashes[an] and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.[ao] 25 But first he must[ap] suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just[aq] as it was[ar] in the days of Noah,[as] so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People[at] were eating,[au] they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then[av] the flood came and destroyed them all.[aw] 28 Likewise, just as it was[ax] in the days of Lot, people[ay] were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.[az] 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof,[ba] with his goods in the house, must not come down[bb] to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife![bc] 33 Whoever tries to keep[bd] his life[be] will lose it,[bf] but whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.[bg] 35 There will be two women grinding grain together;[bh] one will be taken and the other left.”[bi]
37 Then[bj] the disciples[bk] said[bl] to him, “Where,[bm] Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body[bn] is, there the vultures[bo] will gather.”[bp]
Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 Then[bq] Jesus[br] told them a parable to show them they should always[bs] pray and not lose heart.[bt] 2 He said,[bu] “In a certain city[bv] there was a judge[bw] who neither feared God nor respected people.[bx] 3 There was also a widow[by] in that city[bz] who kept coming[ca] to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For[cb] a while he refused, but later on[cc] he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,[cd] 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out[ce] by her unending pleas.’”[cf] 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says![cg] 7 Won’t[ch] God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out[ci] to him day and night?[cj] Will he delay[ck] long to help them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily.[cl] Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith[cm] on earth?”
The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector
9 Jesus[cn] also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down[co] on everyone else. 10 “Two men went up[cp] to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee[cq] and the other a tax collector.[cr] 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:[cs] ‘God, I thank[ct] you that I am not like other people:[cu] extortionists,[cv] unrighteous people,[cw] adulterers—or even like this tax collector.[cx] 12 I fast twice[cy] a week; I give a tenth[cz] of everything I get.’ 13 The tax collector, however, stood[da] far off and would not even look up[db] to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful[dc] to me, sinner that I am!’[dd] 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified[de] rather than the Pharisee.[df] For everyone who exalts[dg] himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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