August 9th, 2025

The season of Pentecost continues on, and the appropriate name for this Sunday is the “Ninth Sunday after Pentecost.” And the Gospel Reading for this week continues on from the text that was last Sunday’s reading. The text for this Sunday is Luke 12:22-34, and there is the option this Sunday as well to include verses 35 to 40. The context remains the same as in the previous chapters, with Jesus on his way to Jerusalem. And Jesus’ words certainly help to keep things in a proper perspective, wherever we are on the Journey.

The current writings of this website are also going through the Gospel according to Luke, from beginning to end, not skipping any part. And we are currently looking at what is typically called chapter eighteen.

If this is the first time dealing with the writings of this website, it will be helpful to know that the text below has been translated in an EXTREMELY literal way. Having another bible translation or study bible nearby would probably be helpful.

The text below is given in the order in which it appears in the language of the New Testament, and generally the words closer to the beginning of the sentence are the more important ones. The hyphens are designed to help the reader see how many English words have been given to explain one Greek word. It should also be said that some of the English words chosen have been deliberately chosen to show how close they are to the Greek language. There are countless ways to translate various words. And since the writer of this biblical text was a doctor, and since doctors tend to have a great vocabulary, some of these Greek words are extremely rare. Whether rare or not, words are important, especially the words of the Lord.

Here is a translation into English of Luke 18:18-43 (a division may be made at the start of this section because there is a difference between “now” and “and”. The word “now” appears more frequently; the word “and” is more rare, and it tends to come up when a more significant change is made in the progression of the text):

And  he-questioned,  a-certain-man,  him,  a-ruler,  saying,  “Teacher,  good,  what  having-done,  life  eternal  will-I-inherit?”
Now  he-said  to-him,  the  Jesus,  “Why  me,  you-are-saying  ‘good’?  No-one  good  if  not  one,  the  God.  The  commandments  you-know,  ‘Do-not  commit-adultery;  do-not  murder;  do-not  steal;  do-not  pseudo-witness;  honor  the  father  of-you  and  the  mother’.”

Now  the-one  said,  “These-things,  all,  I-have-guarded  from  youth.”

Now  having-heard,  the  Jesus,  he-said  to-him,  “Still  one-thing  to-you  is-lacking;  all-things  how-many  you-have,  sell  and  distribute  to-poor,  and  you-will-have  a-thesaurus  in  the  heavens,  and  come,  follow  me.”  Now  the-one,  having-heard  these-things,  very-grieved  he-became,  for  he-was  rich,  extremely.  Now  having-seen  him,  the  Jesus,  very-grieved  having-become,  he-said,  “How  with-difficulty  the-ones  the  possessions  having,  into  the  kingdom  of-the  God  they-go-into;  for  easier  it-is  a-camel  through  eye  of-a-needle  to-come-into,  than  a-rich-man, into  the  kingdom  of-the  God  to-come-into.”

Now  they-said,  the-ones  having-heard,  “And  who  has-the-power  to-be-saved?”
Now  the-one  said,  “The-things  impossible  with  men,  possible  with  the  God,  it-is.”
Now  he-said,  the  Peter,  “Behold,  we,  having-left  the  our-own-things,  we-followed  you.”

Now  the-one  said  to-them,  “Amen,  I-am-saying  to-you  that  no-one  is  who  left  house  or  wife  or  brothers  or  parents  or  children  for-the-sake-of  the  kingdom  of-the  God,  who  not  certainly  he-will-receive  much-more  in  the  time,  this,  and  in  the  age,  the  coming,  life  eternal.”

Now  having-taken-aside  the  twelve,  he-said  toward  them,  “Behold,  we-are-going-up  into  Jerusalem,  and  it-will-be-accomplished  all-things,  the-ones  having-been-written  through  the  prophets  to-the  Son  of-the  Man;  for  he-will-be-given-over  to-the  nations,  and  he-will-be-mocked,  and  he-will-be-insulted,  and  he-will-be-spit-at,  and  having-whipped,  they-will-kill  him,  and  on-the  day,  the  third,  he-will-rise-up.”  And  they,  none  of-these-things  they-understood,  and  it-was,  the  saying,  this,  having-been-hidden  from  them,  and  not  they-knew  the-things  being-said.

Now  it-happened  in  the,  to-draw-near,  he,  into  Jericho,  a-blind-man,  a-certain-one,  he-was-sitting  along   the  way,  begging.  Now  having-heard  a-crowd  traveling-through,  he-was-inquiring  what  might-be  this.  Now  they-reported  to-him,  “Jesus,  the  Nazarene,  is-coming-by.” 

And  he-blurted-out,  saying,  “Jesus,  son  of-David,  have-mercy-on  me.”

And  the-ones  leading-ahead  they-were-rebuking  him,  in-order-that  he-should-be-quiet;  now  he,  by-much  more,  he-was-crying-out,  “Son  of-David,  have-mercy-on  me.”

Now  having-stood,  the  Jesus,  he-commanded  him  to-be-brought toward  him.  Now  having-drawn-near,  he,  he-questioned  him:  “What  for-you  do-you-want  I-do?”​

Now  the-one  said,  “Lord,  that  I-may-see-again.”
And  the  Jesus  said  to-him,  “See-again;  the  faith  of-you  has-saved  you.”  And  instantly  he-saw-again.  And  he-was-following  him,  glorifying  the  God.  And  all  the  people,  having-seen,  gave  praise  to-the  God.