Luke 18:2
Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded man.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
In Context
1And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint,
3And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:3But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek the Lord the God of thy fathers.
Psalms 8:1Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David.
Isaiah 33:8The ways are made desolate, no one passeth by the road, the covenant is made void, he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the men.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.
Luke 18:4And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God, nor regard 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 →