emtv - Luke:18:1-14

emtv@Luke:18:1 @ Then He spoke a parable to them, that one must always pray and not lose heart,

emtv@Luke:18:2 @ saying: "A certain judge was in a certain city, who did not fear God nor have regard for men.

emtv@Luke:18:3 @ Now there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give justice to me against my adversary.'

emtv@Luke:18:4 @ And he did not want to for a time; but afterward he said within himself, 'although I do not fear God, nor have regard for man,

emtv@Luke:18:5 @ yet because this widow bothers me I will give justice to her, lest she wear me out by forever coming to me.' "

emtv@Luke:18:6 @ Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said.

emtv@Luke:18:7 @ And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?

emtv@Luke:18:8 @ I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"

emtv@Luke:18:9 @ Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the others:

emtv@Luke:18:10 @ Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

emtv@Luke:18:11 @ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men-swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

emtv@Luke:18:12 @ I fast twice a week, I tithe [on ]all things, as many as I acquire.'

emtv@Luke:18:13 @ And the tax collector, standing far away, would not so much as lift his eyes towards heaven, but beat on his chest, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

emtv@Luke:18:14 @ I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."