1 Jesus told his disciples a story. He wanted to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
2 He said, "In a certain town there was a judge. He didn't have any respect for God or care about people.
3 A widow lived in that town. She came to the judge again and again. She kept begging him, 'Make things right for me. Someone is doing me wrong.'
4 "For some time the judge refused. But finally he said to himself, 'I don't have any respect for God. I don't care about people.
5 But this widow keeps bothering me. So I will see that things are made right for her. If I don't, she will wear me out by coming again and again!' "
6 The Lord said, "Listen to what the unfair judge says.
7 "God's chosen people cry out to him day and night. Won't he make things right for them? Will he keep putting them off?