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Luke 18:1-8
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
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He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
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And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
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“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
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yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”
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And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
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I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
Luke 18:1-8 In-Context
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Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
2
He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
3
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
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“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
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yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”
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And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
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I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
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To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
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“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
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