And He was giving them an illustration which had for its teaching point that it is a necessity in the nature of the case for them at all times to be praying and not to be losing courage, saying, A certain judge there was in a certain city. God he did not fear, and man he did not respect. Now, there was a widow in that city, and she kept on coming to him at recurring intervals, saying, Protect me by an equitable administration of justice from my opponent in a lawsuit. And he kept on being unwilling to do so for a considerable time. However, afterward he said in himself, Although God I do not fear or man respect, at least because this widow is continually furnishing me trouble I will see that justice is done her in order that lest by her continual coming finally she may be assaulting me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge is saying. And God, shall He not most assuredly accomplish the vindication of His chosen-out ones who are crying aloud to Him day and night, exacting justice in their behalf, even though He is longsuffering in their case [that of the enemies of His chosen-out ones]. I am saying to you, He will exact justice in their behalf speedily. Yet, the Son of Man having come, will He find the aforementioned kind of faith on the earth [a faith which keeps on pleading in prayer such as that exemplified by the persistance of the widow with regard to the judge]?
Kenneth S. Wuest, The New Testament: An Expanded Translation (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1961), Lk 18:1–8.
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