1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray
always and not to lose heart. 2He said, "In a certain city there
was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and
saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.' 4For a while he
refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of
God and no respect for anyone, 5yet because this widow keeps
bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear