Luke 18:5
yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.”’
Open English Bible (UK)
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 Master added, ‘Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!
Cross References
Matthew 15:23But Jesus did not answer her a word; and his disciples came up and begged him to send her away. ‘She keeps calling out after us,’ they said.
Luke 11:8I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.
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 →