Luke 18:1
And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
In Context
2Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:
Cross References
Genesis 32:24Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
Psalms 55:16\55:15\Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
Psalms 86:3Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.
Psalms 142:5\142:4\Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
Jonah 2:7\2:6\I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:1
In this chapter we have, I. The parable of the importunate widow, designed to teach us fervency in prayer, ver. 1-8 . II. The parable of the Pharisee and publican, designed to teach us humility, and humiliation for sin, in prayer, ver. 9-14 . III. Christ's favour to little children that were brought to him, ver. 15-17 . IV. The trial of a rich man that had a mind to follow Christ, whether he loved better Christ or his riches; his coming short upon that trial; and Christ's discourse with his disciples upon that… Read the whole commentary →