And will not God surely see to it that justice is done[a] to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them? I tell you that he will see to it that justice is done[b] for them soon! Nevertheless, when[c] the Son of Man comes, then will he find faith on earth?”

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on everyone else:[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:7 Literally “carry out the giving of justice”
  2. Luke 18:8 Literally “he will carry out the giving of justice”
  3. Luke 18:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“comes”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Luke 18:9 Literally “the rest”