Luke 18:5-15

5 yet ¹because this widow bothers * me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise * by continually * coming she will ²wear me out.' "

6 And ³the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said;

7 now, will not God ⁴bring about justice for His ⁵elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He ⁶delay long over them?

8 "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, ⁷will He find faith on the earth?"

The Pharisee and the Publican

9 And He also told this parable to some people who ⁸trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and ⁹viewed others with contempt:

10 "Two men ¹⁰went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

11 "The Pharisee ¹¹stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

12 'I ¹²fast twice a week; I ¹³pay tithes of all that I get.'

13 "But the tax collector, ¹⁴standing some distance away, ¹⁵was even unwilling * to lift up his eyes to heaven, but ¹⁶was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'

14 "I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; ¹⁷for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

15 ¹⁸And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

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