Luke 18:1-7

BLB(i) 1 And He was speaking to them a parable about the way it behooves them always to pray and not to lose heart, 2 saying, “In a certain city, there was a certain judge, not fearing God, and not respecting man. 3 And there was a widow in that city, and she was coming to him, saying, ‘Avenge me of my adversary.’ 4 And for a time he would not, but afterward he said within himself, ‘Even if I do not fear God, nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will avenge her, so that in the end she does not exhaust me, coming to me.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And shall not God execute the avenging of His elect, the ones crying out to Him day and night, and be deferring in regard to them?