Luke 18:1
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.f
Luke 18:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Luke 18:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 18:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.
Luke 18:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,
Luke 18:1 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 Then Jesus used this story to teach his followers that they should always pray and never lose hope.
Luke 18:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 18:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
Luke 18:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 Jesus used this illustration with his disciples to show them that they need to pray all the time and never give up.
Luke 18:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:
Luke 18:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.
Luke 18:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 And he told them a parable to show that they must always pray and not be discouraged,
Luke 18:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 Jesus told his disciples a story. He wanted to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Luke 18:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,