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Luke 18
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1 And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray and not to faint, CCC
2 Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God nor regarded man. CCC · Fathers
3 And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. CCC
4 And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man, CCC
5 Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me. CCC
6 And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith. CCC
7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard? CCC · Fathers
8 I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? CCC · Fathers
9 And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable: CCC
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. CCC · Fathers
11 The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. CCC
12 I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. CCC
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. CCC
14 I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. CCC
15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.
16 But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
17 Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child shall not enter into it.
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life? Fathers
19 And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.
20 Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Honour thy father and mother.
21 Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth.
22 Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
23 He having heard these things, became sorrowful: for he was very rich.
24 And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
25 For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they that heard it said: Who then can be saved?
27 He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are possible with God. Fathers
28 Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.
29 Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left home or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Fathers
30 Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. Fathers
31 Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man.
32 For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles and shall be mocked and scourged and spit upon.
33 And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death. And the third day he shall rise again.
34 And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them: and they understood not the things that were said.
35 Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging.
36 And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant.
37 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
38 And he cried out, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
39 And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.
40 And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him,
41 Saying; What wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that I may see.
42 And Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made thee whole.
43 And immediately he saw and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
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Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.
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- CCC 2098 “The acts of faith, hope, and charity enjoined by the first commandment are accomplished in prayer. Lifting up the mind toward God…”
- CCC 2573 “God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel. Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles…”
- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
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- CCC 2573 “God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel. Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles…”
- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
“This is also the unjust judge, whom the Lord mentioned as one "who feared not God, neither regarded man,”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 2573 “God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel. Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles…”
- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
“I tell you, that He will avenge them speedily.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 675 “Before Christ's second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution…”
- CCC 2573 “God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel. Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles…”
- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
“I tell you, that He will avenge them speedily.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
“… as the Son of man; and those who declared regarding Him, "They shall look on Him whom they have pierced," indicated His [second] advent, concerning which He Himself says, "Thinkest thou that when the Son of man cometh, He shall find faith on the earth?”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 588 “Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as with themselves. Against those among them "who trusted…”
- CCC 2559 “Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." But when we…”
- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
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- CCC 2559 “Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." But when we…”
- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
“… prayer, [we find] that it was not because he worshipped another Father that he received testimony from the Lord that he was justified rather [than the other]; but because with great humility, apart from all boasting and pride, he made confession to the same God.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 2559 “Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." But when we…”
- CCC 2613 “Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend," invites us to urgent…”
- CCC 2631 “The first movement of the prayer of petition is asking forgiveness, like the tax collector in the parable: "God, be merciful to…”
- CCC 2667 “This simple invocation of faith developed in the tradition of prayer under many forms in East and West. the most usual formulation,…”
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“One is good, my Father who is in heaven.”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“For those things that are impossible with men, are possible with God.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XX. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
“Wherefore also the Lord declares, "The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter V. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“… thee at the resurrection of the just." And again He says, "Whosoever shall have left lands, or houses, or parents, or brethren, or children because of Me, he shall receive in this world an hundred-fold, and in that to come he shall inherit eternal life.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“… thee at the resurrection of the just." And again He says, "Whosoever shall have left lands, or houses, or parents, or brethren, or children because of Me, he shall receive in this world an hundred-fold, and in that to come he shall inherit eternal life.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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