Luke 18:1-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray^(A) always and not give up.^{(B) 2} ‘There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God^(C) or respect people. ³ And a widow^(D) in that town kept coming to him, saying, “Give me justice against my adversary.”

⁴ ‘For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, “Even though I don’t fear God or respect people, ⁵ yet because this widow keeps^(E) pestering me,^[a] I will give her justice, so that she doesn’t wear me out^[b] by her persistent coming.” ’

⁶ Then the Lord said, ‘Listen to what the unjust judge says.