jub - Luke:18:1-14

jub@Luke:18:1 @ And he spoke a parable unto them [to this end], that it behooves [us] always to pray and not faint,

jub@Luke:18:2 @ saying, There was in a city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man;

jub@Luke:18:3 @ and there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, Defend me from my adversary.

jub@Luke:18:4 @ And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man,

jub@Luke:18:5 @ yet because this widow troubles me, I will do her justice, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

jub@Luke:18:6 @ And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.

jub@Luke:18:7 @ And shall not God avenge his own elect who cry day and night unto him though he bears long regarding them?

jub@Luke:18:8 @ I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?

jub@Luke:18:9 @ And he spoke this parable unto some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:

jub@Luke:18:10 @ Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

jub@Luke:18:11 @ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men [are]: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

jub@Luke:18:12 @ I fast two [meals] every sabbath; I give tithes of all that I possess.

jub@Luke:18:13 @ And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, reconcile me, a sinner.

jub@Luke:18:14 @ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified [rather] than the other; for anyone that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.