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Luke 18:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Luke 18:1 ESV

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Luke 18:2 ESV

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

Luke 18:3 ESV

And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

Luke 18:4 ESV

For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man

Luke 18:5 ESV

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”

Luke 18:6 ESV

And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

Luke 18:7 ESV

And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

Luke 18:8 ESV

I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”