Luke 18:5-15

5 Yet because this widow troubleth* me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

7 And shall not God avenge* his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily*. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

9 And he spake* this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that^[a] they were righteous, and despised others:

10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

11 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.

12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Footnotes

• [a] that...: or, as being righteous