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Luke 18:3

Now there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give justice to me against my adversary.’

English Majority Text (NT)

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: “A certain judge was in a certain city, who did not fear God nor have regard for men.

4And he did not want to for a time; but afterward he said within himself, ‘although I do not fear God, nor have regard for man,

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Cross References

Romans 13:3For rulers are not a fear to good works, but to evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do what is good, and you shall have praise from the same.

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 →

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