Luke 18:1-6

1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought ¹always to pray and not ²lose heart.

2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who ³neither feared God nor respected man.

3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ⁴'Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"

6 And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

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What's the Meaning of the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14)?

1. Luke 21:36; Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; [Luke 11:5-9]
2. 2 Corinthians 4:1, 16; 2 Thessalonians 3:13(Gk.)
3. [2 Corinthians 8:21]
4. [Luke 11:8]

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