Luke 18:5
yet, because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
In Context
6And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge says;
Cross References
Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she cries after us.
Luke 11:8I say to you, Although he will not arise and give him, because he is his friend, yet, on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs.
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 →