Luke 18:3
But there was a certain widow in that city, and she went to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me from my adversary.’
Catholic Public Domain 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: “There was a certain judge in a certain city, who did not fear God and did not respect man.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he who subverts the judgment of the new arrival, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.
Romans 13:3For leaders are not a source of fear to those who work good, but to those who work evil. And would you prefer not to be afraid of authority? Then do what is good, and you shall have praise from them.
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 →