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saying, "There was in a city a judge who feared not God, neither regarded man.
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And there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, `Avenge me on mine adversary.'
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And for a while he would not, but afterward he said within himself, `Though I fear not God nor regard man,
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yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.'"
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And the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge saith.
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And shall not God avenge His own elect, who cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?
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I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?"
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And He spoke this parable unto certain ones who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
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"Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
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The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'