Luke 18:3
And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my opponent.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
In Context
2saying, In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God, and did not regard man.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 22:9Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
Romans 13:3For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:2-9
The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →