God Will Answer His People

18 Then Jesus used this ·story [parable] to ·teach his followers [show the necessity] that they should always pray and never ·lose hope [become discouraged]. ² “In a certain town there was a judge who did not ·respect [fear] God or ·care about people [or care what people thought]. ³ In that same town there was a widow [^Camong the most vulnerable members of society] who kept coming to this judge, saying, ‘Give me ·my rights [justice] against my ·enemy [opponent; adversary].’