Luke 18:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

"In a certain town," he said, "there was a judge who had no reverence for God and no respect even for man.

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For a while he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, 'Though I have no reverence for God and no respect even for man,

And in that town there was a widow who used to go and appeal to him for 'Justice against my opponent!'

Said the owner of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

Why, we had fathers of our flesh to discipline us, and we yielded to them! Shall we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so live?