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And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
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And he would not for a while: 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 will not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he beareth long with them?
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I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth?
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And he spoke this parable to certain 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.
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And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.