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Ang Balo nga Babayi kag ang Huwis

18 Ginsugiran pa gid ni Jesus ang iya mga sumulunod sang isa ka paanggid agod tudluan sila sa pagpangamuyo permi kag indi madulaan sing paglaom. Nagsiling siya, “May isa ka huwis sa isa ka siyudad nga wala nagakahadlok sa Dios kag baliwala lang sa iya ang iya isigkatawo. Kag didto man sa sina nga siyudad may isa ka balo nga babayi nga permi nagabalik-balik sa huwis kag nagasiling, ‘Hatagi ako sang hustisya kontra sa akon kaaway.’ 4-5 Sang premiro indi magbulig ang huwis. Pero sang ulihi tungod nga sige ang pagbalik-balik sang balo kag ginatublag siya permi, naghunahuna siya nga bisan wala siya nagakahadlok sa Dios kag baliwala lang sa iya ang iya isigkatawo, magabulig na lang siya agod indi na siya matak-an sa pagbalik-balik sang balo.” Dayon nagsiling si Ginoong Jesus sa ila, “Ti nakita ninyo ang ginhimo sang huwis nga indi gani matarong? Ang Dios pa ayhan! Indi gid mahimo nga indi siya magbulig sa kaso sang iya katawhan nga nagapanawag sa iya adlaw-gab-i. Sigurado gid nga indi niya sila pagpabay-an. Ang matuod, buligan niya sila gilayon. Pero kon magbalik na ako nga Anak sang Tawo diri sa kalibutan, may makita ayhan ako nga mga tawo nga nagatuo?”

Ang Paanggid Parte sa Pariseo kag sa Manugsukot sang Buhis

May mga tawo didto nga nagasalig nga sila gid lang ang matarong kag nagatamay sila sa iban. Gani ginsugiran sila ni Jesus sining paanggid:

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The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.(A) He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice(B) against my adversary.’

“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”(C)

And the Lord(D) said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(E) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man(F) comes,(G) will he find faith on the earth?”

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

To some who were confident of their own righteousness(H) and looked down on everyone else,(I) Jesus told this parable:

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18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

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