Luke 18:3-9

³In the same town there was a widow who went to him again and again, and said ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’

⁴For a time the judge refused, but afterward he said to himself ‘Although I am without fear of God or regard for people,

⁵yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.’”

⁶Then the Master added, “Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!

⁷And God — won't he see that his own people, who cry to him night and day, have justice done them — though he holds his hand?

⁸He will, I tell you, give them justice soon enough! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

⁹Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded everyone else with scorn, Jesus told this parable —