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Luke 18:4-9 New International Version (NIV)

4. “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,

5. yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”

6. And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

7. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

8. I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

9. To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: