Luke 18:5
yet because this widow bothers me I will give justice to her, lest she wear me out by forever coming to me.’ ”
English Majority Text (NT)
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
6Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said.
Cross References
Matthew 15:23But He answered her not a word. And His disciples approached and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”
Luke 11:8I say to you, even if he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, yet on account of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 1 Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking
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 →