Luke 18:7

And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

In Context

6Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said.

8I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” 1 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

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Cross References

Matthew 7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, by how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Luke 11:13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, by how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” 1 Jesus and Beelzebub

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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