Discourse on the Kingdom and Other Parables

Date: 30 (1D)

Locations: Galilee

Participants: Jesus

Scripture References

• Luke 17:20 — And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
• Luke 17:21 — Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
• Luke 17:22 — And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
• Luke 17:23 — And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
• Luke 17:24 — For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
• Luke 17:25 — But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
• Luke 17:26 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
• Luke 17:27 — They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
• Luke 17:28 — Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
• Luke 17:29 — But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
• Luke 17:30 — Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
• Luke 17:31 — In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
• Luke 17:32 — Remember Lot’s wife.
• Luke 17:33 — Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
• Luke 17:34 — I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
• Luke 17:35 — Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
• Luke 17:36 — Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
• Luke 17:37 — And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
• Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Luke 18:2 — Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
• Luke 18:3 — And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
• Luke 18:4 — And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
• Luke 18:5 — Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
• Luke 18:6 — And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
• Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Luke 18:8 — I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
• Luke 18:9 — And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
• Luke 18:10 — Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
• Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
• Luke 18:12 — I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
• Luke 18:13 — And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon 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 every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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