Luke 18.1. And He was telling them a Parable that it was always necessary for them to pray and not to lose heart, 2. saying, “A certain judge in some city was not revering God and not respecting man. 3. And there was a widow in that city and she was coming to him saying, ‘You must immediately vindicate me from my opponent in a law suit.’ 4. And for some time he was not wanting to. But after these things he said to himself, ‘Even if I do not revere God and do not respect man, 5. because this widow causes me trouble I shall vindicate her, so that in the end she would not wear me out by her coming and brow-beating.’” 6. And the Lord said, “You must now hear what the unrighteous judge is saying of the injustice: 7. and would God not execute justice for His chosen ones, for those who call to Him day and night, and does He not also have patience with them? 8. I say to you that He will see to it that justice is done quickly for them. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the Earth?”
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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