Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 18:7 in context
Luke 18:4–10
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He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
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yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
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The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
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Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
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I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
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He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
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“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
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