1. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.
2. “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.
3. And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’
4. For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or respect people,
5. yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’ ”
6. And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said.