Luke 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 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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And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.