Luke 18:1-8
Summary
Keep praying.
The Parable
“Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying: ‘There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, “Get justice for me from my adversary.” And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, “Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.”’
“Then the Lord said, ‘Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?’”
Lesson
Continually pray; for if even a wicked man will eventually give you what you ask just to shut you up, how much more will the Righteous One who loves us give us justice from oppression and those who wrong us.
Yet even so, most men will be worn down, “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved,” Matthew 24:12-13.