Parable of the Unjust Judge

But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she will not eventually wear me out with her coming!'"

The framing material of the parable in the Gospel of Luke demonstrates the need to always pray like the persistent widow, for if even an unjust judge will eventually listen, God is much quicker to do so.

Green sees in this parable an injunction not to lose heart, in the light of the eschatological tone of Luke 17:20–37,[5][3] and also an echo of Sirach 35:[3] "For he is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. [...]

"[6] William Barclay says that the point of the parable is less about persistent prayer, but rather the contrast between God and men in the phrase "how much more."

[7] Cornelius a Lapide comments on this parable, writing, "Hence the heretics called Euchitæ wished, but without reason, to be always praying and to do no manual work.

'Always' here seems to mean sedulously, perseveringly, diligently, assiduously as in other things, and at befitting times, especially when temptation, persecution, and affliction are hard at hand.