He said, “There was a judge in a certain city who neither feared God nor respected people.
A righteous person considers justice for the poor. The wicked one has no such concern.
Highways are desolate; travel has ceased; covenant is broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for humanity.
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
“He was unwilling at the time. But afterward he said to himself, ‘Although I don’t fear God or respect people,
“Now the master of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love. Probably they will show him respect.’
Besides, we are used to having human fathers as instructors—and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?