LUKE

Chapter 18

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STUDY:

• Who kept bothering the judge?  What did she want of him?
• What was he known for?
• What was the outcome of the parable?
• What does Jesus say as the closing of the parable?
• Who are the two men in the temple praying?
• How did the Pharisee pray?
• How did the tax collector pray?
• How does Jesus end this parable?
• What did the disciples do when people brought infants to Jesus? 
• How did Jesus respond?
• What did a good ruler ask Jesus?
• How did Jesus respond?
• What did this man have to do to follow Jesus?
• How did the rich ruler respond?
• What is possible with God?
• How did Peter respond to this lesson?
• What does Jesus foretell of again in this chapter?
• Who did Jesus heal and why?

DIG DEEPER:

• Why did the disciples rebuke those who were bringing infants to Jesus?
• What is the difference between the prayer of the Pharisee and the prayer of the tax collector?
• What do verses 16-17 mean?
• Why did Jesus ask the rich ruler to sell his possessions in order to be saved?

APPLICATION:

• What can we learn from the Parable of the Persistent Widow?
  
• Do you pray like the Pharisee or the tax collector?
• What did you learn from this text today?
• How did the Holy Spirit speak to you?

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Read my thoughts on this chapter:

"the judge"

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HIGHLIGHTED TEXT:

"Hear what the unrighteous judge says.  And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?"  {Verse 7}

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