The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
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“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
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And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
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For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
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yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”
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And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
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Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
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I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”