Luke 18:1-13 ▼

1 And he spake to them a parable, that they must always pray, and not lose courage;

2 Saying, There was a certain judge in a certain city, fearing not God, and not occupied about man:

3 And a widow was in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

4 And he would not for a time: and after these he said in himself, And if I fear not God, and am not occupied about man;

5 Yet because this widow produces fatigue to me, I will avenge her, lest in the end, coming, she give me a blow under the eyes.

6 And the Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice says.

7 And shall not God do the avenging of his chosen, crying to him day and night, being slow to anger toward them?

8 I say to you, that he will do their avenging swiftly. But the Son of man having come, shall he find faith upon earth

9 And he spake to certain trusting upon themselves that they were just, and setting at nought the rest, this parable:

10 Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

11 The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.

12 I fast twice of the Sabbath; I pay tithes of all I possess.

13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not either lift up the eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God propitiate for me the sinful.