1 He also showed them, by a parable, that they ought to persist in prayer, without growing weary.2 In a certain city, said he, there was a judge, who neither feared God nor regarded man.3 And there was a widow in that city, who came to him, saying, Do me justice on my adversary.4 For some time he refused; be afterward he argued thus with himself, Although I neither fear God, nor regard man;5 yet, because this widow importunes me, I will judge her cause; let she come perpetually, and plague me.6 Mark, said the Lord, what the unjust judge determined.7 And will not God avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he linger in their cause?8 I assure you, he will suddenly avenge them. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find this belief upon the earth?