rsv - Luke:18:1-14

rsv@Luke:18:1 @ And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

rsv@Luke:18:2 @ He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man;

rsv@Luke:18:3 @ and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, `Vindicate me against my adversary.'

rsv@Luke:18:4 @ For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, `Though I neither fear God nor regard man,

rsv@Luke:18:5 @ yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

rsv@Luke:18:6 @ And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

rsv@Luke:18:7 @ And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

rsv@Luke:18:8 @ I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

rsv@Luke:18:9 @ He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:

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

rsv@Luke:18:11 @ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

rsv@Luke:18:12 @ I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.'

rsv@Luke:18:13 @ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

rsv@Luke:18:14 @ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."