Luke 18:2
saying: “There was a certain judge in a certain city, who did not fear God and did not respect man.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
In Context
1Now he also told them a parable, that we should continually pray and not cease,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:3But good works have been found in you. For you have taken away the sacred groves from the land of Judah. And you have prepared your heart, so as to seek the Lord, the God of your fathers.”
Psalms 8:1Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David.
Isaiah 33:8The roads have become desolate. Travelers have ceased along the paths. The covenant has been nullified. He has tossed aside cities. He has disregarded men.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold, the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you.
Luke 18:4And 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,
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 →