8. I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
9. He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
10. “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
11. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
13. But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
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 he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
15. They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16. Yeshua summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.
17. Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
18. A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Rabbi, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
19. Yeshua asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.
20. You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honour your father and your mother.’”
21. He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
22. When Yeshua heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.”
23. But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.