Luke:18:1-14
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He spoke an illustration to them emphasizing the need to pray and not become tired :
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There was a judge in a city that did not fear God and had no respect for man .
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There was a widow in that same city .
She went to him asking for legal protection from her adversary .
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At first he refused .
Then he thought about it and he said to himself ,
I do not fear God and have little respect for man .
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However this widow bothers me .
For this reason I will avenge her .
If she keeps coming to me she will wear me out .«
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The Lord continued : »
Pay attention to what the unrighteous judge said .«
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Should God avenge his chosen that cry to him day and night ,
and yet he is longsuffering over them ?
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I say to you ,
that he will avenge them quickly .
Nevertheless ,
will the Son of man find faith on the earth when he comes ?»
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He then spoke this illustration to some who trusted in themselves .
They were very self-righteous .
They looked down on others :
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Two men went to the temple to pray .
One was a Pharisee ,
and the other was a tax collector .
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The Pharisee stood and prayed like this :
God ,
I thank you ,
that I am not like the rest of men ,
extortionists ,
unjust ,
adulterers ,
or even as this tax collector .
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I fast twice per week .
I give tithes of all that I get .
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But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven .
He beat his breast ,
saying :
God ,
be merciful to me a sinner .
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I tell you the tax collector and not the Pharisee was right with God when he went home .
He who exalts himself will be humbled !
He who humbles himself will be exalted !«
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