The Parables
of Jesus
73. Persistent Widow
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| 1 #Elegen de; parabolh;n aujtoi'" pro;" to; dei'n
pavntote proseuvcesqai aujtou;" kai; mh; ejgkakei'n, 2 levgwn, Krithv"
ti" h\n e[n tini povlei to;n qeo;n mh; fobouvmeno" kai; a[nqrwpon mh; ejntrepovmeno".
3 chvra de; h\n ejn th'/ povlei ejkeivnh/ kai; h[rceto pro;" aujto;n levgousa,
jEkdivkhsovn me ajpo; tou' ajntidivkou mou. 4 kai; oujk h[qelen ejpi; crovnon.
meta; de; tau'ta ei\pen ejn eJautw'/, Eij kai; to;n qeo;n ouj fobou'mai
oujde; a[nqrwpon ejntrevpomai, 5 diav ge to; parevcein moi kovpon th;n
chvran tauvthn ejkdikhvsw aujthvn, i&na mh; eij" tevlo" ejrcomevnh
uJpwpiavzh/ me.
6 Ei\pen de; oJ kuvrio", jAkouvsate tiv oJ krith;" th'" ajdikiva" levgei. 7 oJ de; qeo;" ouj mh; poihvsh/ th;n ejkdivkhsin tw'n ejklektw'n aujtou' tw'n bowvntwn aujtw'/ hJmevra" kai; nuktov", kai; makroqumei' ejp j aujtoi'"; 8 levgw uJmi'n o&ti poihvsei th;n ejkdivkhsin aujtw'n ejn tavcei. plh;n oJ uiJo;" tou' ajnqrwvpou ejlqw;n a\ra euJrhvsei th;n pivstin ejpi; th'" gh'"; |
1 And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always
to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, "In a certain city there was
a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; 3 and there was a widow
in that city who kept coming to him and saying, `Vindicate me against my
adversary. 4 For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself,
`Though I neither fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow bothers
me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming."
6 And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?" |
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