Luke 18:1-13 ▼

1 And he put forth a similitude vnto the signifyinge that men ought alwayes to praye and not to be wery

2 sayinge: Ther was a Iudge in a certayne cite which feared not god nether regarded man.

3 And ther was a certayne wedowe in the same cite which came vnto him sayinge: avenge me of myne adversary.

4 And he wolde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he sayd vnto him selfe: though I feare not God nor care for man

5 yet because this wedowe troubleth me I will avenge her lest at the laste she come and hagge on me.

6 And the lorde sayd: heare what the vnrightewes Iudge sayeth.

7 And shall not god avenge his electe which crye daye and nyght vnto him ye though he differre them?

8 I tell you he will avenge them and that quickly. Neverthelesse when the sonne of man cometh suppose ye that he shall fynde faithe on the erthe.

9 And he put forthe this similitude vnto certayne which trusted in the selves yt they were perfecte and despysed other.

10 Two men went vp into ye teple to praye: ye one a pharise and the other a publican.

11 The pharise stode and prayed thus wt him selfe. God I thanke the yt I am not as other men are extorsioners vniuste advoutrers or as this publican.

12 I fast twyse in ye weke. I geve tythe of all that I possesse.

13 And the publican stode afarre of and wolde not lyfte vp his eyes to heven but smote his brest sayinge: God be mercyfull to me a synner.