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Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,
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saying: "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.
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Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, 'Get justice for me from my adversary.'
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And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God nor regard man,
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yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.' "
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Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said.
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And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?