Luke 18

¹And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

²Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

³And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

⁴And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

⁵Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

⁶And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.

⁷And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

⁸I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

⁹And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

¹⁰Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

¹¹The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

¹²Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.