1 Then Jesus used this story to teach his followers that they should always pray and never lose hope.
2 “Once there was a judge in a town. He did not care about God. He also did not care what people thought about him.
3 In that same town there was a widow who kept coming to this judge. She said, ‘There is a man who is not being fair to me. Give me my rights!’
4 But the judge did not want to help the widow. After a long time, he thought to himself, ‘I don’t care about God. And I don’t care about what people think.
5 But this widow is bothering me. I will see that she gets her rights, or she will bother me until I am worn out!’”
6 The Lord said, “Listen to what the bad judge said.
7 God’s people cry to him night and day. God will always give them what is right, and he will not be slow to answer them.