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Luke chapter 18, verses 1 through 8.

And Jesus 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 judge who neither 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, 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? Oh, so we could spend a ton of time on this story, on this parable. But don't miss the point. So I almost just read Luke chapter 18

verse one, but it kind of sets the whole parable up and I would have to tell the rest of the

parable to explain verse one. But verse one, Jesus said, or the Bible says, he told them a parable

to the effect that they ought always to pray and not

lose heart.

So sometimes we might be confused about what a parable means, but here the Bible makes it really

clear.

This is a parable about how we ought always to pray and not lose heart.

And you have this example of this unjust judge who gives this persistent widow what she is asking

because of her persistence.

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