Luke 18:5
at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
Darby Translation
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
2 Samuel 13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold, now, thy servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
Matthew 15:23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.
Luke 11:8I say to you, Although he will not get up and give [them] to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants.
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 →