And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to
pray and not lose heart. He said,
“In a certain city there was a certain
judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a
widow in that city who kept coming to him saying,
’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said
‘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.
“Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice
to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over
them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless,
when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”