Luke 18:3
and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.
Darby Translation
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 judge in a city, not fearing God and not respecting man:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 22:9Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Isaiah 1:17learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
Romans 13:3For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil [one]. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise [what is] good, and thou shalt 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 →