yetbecausethiswidowbothersme, I will give her legal protection,otherwiseby continuallycomingshe will wearme out.'"
They sent[messages] to me fourtimesin thismanner,and I answeredthem in the sameway.
But He did not answerher a word.And His disciplescameand imploredHim, saying,"Send her away,becauseshe keeps shoutingat us."
"I tellyou, eventhoughhe will not getup and givehim [anything] becausehe is his friend,yetbecauseof his persistencehe will getup and givehim as muchas he needs.
"There was a widowin that city,and she kept comingto him, saying,Give me legal protectionfrom my opponent.'
Thosewho led the waywere sternly tellinghim to be quiet;but he kept cryingout allthe more,"Sonof David,have mercyon me!"
but I disciplinemy bodyand make it my slave,so that, after I have preachedto others,I myselfwill not be disqualified.
It cameabout whenshe pressedhim dailywith her wordsand urgedhim, that his soulwas annoyedto death.
