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Berean Standard Bible

“Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:”

Luke 18:1

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Study note

Luke introduces the parable of the persistent widow by stating its purpose up front. In the story, a widow keeps coming to an unjust judge who neither fears God nor respects people, demanding justice against her adversary.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

World English Bible (WEB)

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

King James Version (KJV)

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And he spake also a simile to them, that it is necessary for us always to pray, and not to faint,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y PROPÚSOLES también una parábola sobre que es necesario orar siempre, y no desmayar,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Jesús les contó una parábola a sus discípulos para enseñarles que debían orar siempre y sin desanimarse.

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