لوقا 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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Study Note
Luke's framing of the importunate widow parable — 'that men ought always to pray, and not to faint' — gives the parable an explicitly didactic purpose unusual in the synoptic tradition, where parables typically resist single-sentence summaries. The parable presents prayer as persistent advocacy before an unjust judge — a fortiori argument: if a shameless widow obtains justice from a godless official, how much more will God vindicate his elect who cry to him day and night. The eschatological framing ('when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?') links persevering prayer directly to readiness for the parousia, suggesting that prayer is itself an act of eschatological hope. Romans 8:26-27's intercession of the Spirit and Hebrews 7:25's perpetual intercession of Christ complement this call to unfailing petition.
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And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint,
And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
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