Luke 18:3
and a widow was in that city, and she was coming to him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,
Literal Standard Version
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—he is not fearing God, and he is not regarding man—
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:19“Cursed [is] he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty, || And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
Isaiah 1:17Seek judgment, make the oppressed blessed, || Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28They have been fat, they have shone, || Indeed, they have surpassed the acts of the evil, || They have not judged judgment, || The judgment of the fatherless—and they prosper, || And they have not judged the judgment of the needy.
Romans 13:3For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and do you wish to not be afraid of the authority? Be doing that which is good, and you will have praise from it,
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 →