4. For a while he refused but finally said to himself, I don’t fear God or respect people,
5. but I will give this widow justice because she keeps bothering me. Otherwise, there will be no end to her coming here and embarrassing me."
6. The Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.
7. Won’t God provide justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he be slow to help them?
8. I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Human One comes, will he find faithfulness on earth?"
9. Jesus told this parable to certain people who had convinced themselves that they were righteous and who looked on everyone else with disgust:
10. "Two people went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11. The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself with these words, ‘God, I thank you that I’m not like everyone else—crooks, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.