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And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
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He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man;
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and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Vindicate me against my adversary.'
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For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man,
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yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
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And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
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And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
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I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
