The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Luke 18:1-8

And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to waxe faint,

Saying, There was a iudge in a certaine citie, which feared not God, neither reuereced man.

And there was a widowe in that citie, which came vnto him, saying, Doe mee iustice against mine aduersarie.

And hee would not of a long time: but afterward he said with himselfe, Though I feare not God, nor reuerence man,

Yet because this widowe troubleth mee, I will doe her right, lest at the last shee come and make me wearie.

And the Lord said, Heare what the vnrighteous iudge saith.

Now shall not God auenge his elect, which cry day and night vnto him, yea, though he suffer long for them?

I tell you he will auenge them quickly: but when the Sonne of man commeth, shall he finde faith on the earth?