1 Then Jesus told them a parable about the need *25 ¦ --- 𝔐9 HF PCK RP TRfor them to pray at all times and not lose heart. 2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he would not do so, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not wear me out by continually coming to me.’ " 6 Then the Lord said, "Consider what this unrighteous judge said. 7 If even he ultimately rendered a just decision, will not God patiently listen to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night, and give them justice? 8 I tell you that he will bring about justice for them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"