Catholic Public Domain Version
"So then, will not God grant the vindication of his elect, who cry out to him day and night? Or will he continue to endure them? "
— Luke 18:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?”
“And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? ”
“Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?”
“Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?”
“And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?”
“And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?”
“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?”
And he refused to do so for a long time. But afterwards, he said within himself: ‘Even though I do not fear God, nor respect man,
yet because this widow is pestering me, I will vindicate her, lest by returning, she may, in the end, wear me out.’ ”
Then the Lord said: “Listen to what the unjust judge said.
So then, will not God grant the vindication of his elect, who cry out to him day and night? Or will he continue to endure them?
I tell you that he will quickly bring vindication to them. Yet truly, when the Son of man returns, do you think that he will find faith on earth?”
Now about certain persons who consider themselves to be just, while disdaining others, he told also this parable:
“Two men ascended to the temple, in order to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.