Luke 18:5
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will defend her, so that her endless coming doesn't wear me out!’”
Family 35 New Testament
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. So His disciples came and urged Him saying, “Send her away, because she is crying 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 because of his persistence he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
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 →