LUKE 18:1-8

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.a 2He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justiceb against my adversary.’

4“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’” c

6And the Lord d said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out e to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man f comes, g will he find faith on the earth?”