And he told them a parable to the effect that they oughtalways to pray and notlose heart.He said,“In a certain city there was a judge whoneither feared God nor respected man.And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”And the Lord said,“Hear what the unrighteous judge says.Andwill not God give justice tohis elect,who cry to him day and night?Will he delay long over them?I tell you, he will give justice to themspeedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes,will he find faith on earth?”
