The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought
1always to pray and not
2lose heart.
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He said, āIn a certain city there was a judge who
3neither feared God nor respected man.
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And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, āGive me justice against my adversary. ā
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For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself,
4āThough I neither fear God nor respect man,
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yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming. āā
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And the Lord said, āHear what the unrighteous judge says.
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And
5will not God give justice to
6his elect,
7who cry to him day and night?
8 9Will he delay long over them?
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I tell you, he will give justice to them
10speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes,
11will he find faith on earth? ā