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In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my opponent.'
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For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, "Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,
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yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.' "
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And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.
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And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
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I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
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He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:
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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, standing by himself, was praying thus, "God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.