Luke 18:1-8

21st Century King James Version

18 And He spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint,

² saying, “There was in a city a judge who feared not God, neither regarded man.

³ And there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, ‘Avenge me on mine adversary.’

⁴ And for a while he would not, but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I fear not God nor regard man,

⁵ yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’”

⁶ And the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge saith.

⁷ And shall not God avenge His own elect, who cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?

⁸ I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?”