Luke 18:3
And there was a widowe in that citie, which came vnto him, saying, Doe mee iustice against mine aduersarie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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, There was a iudge in a certaine citie, which feared not God, neither reuereced man.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Job 22:9Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
Isaiah 1:17Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.
Jeremiah 5:28They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.
Romans 13:3For Magistrates are not to be feared for good workes, but for euill. Wilt thou then bee without feare of the power? doe well: so shalt thou haue praise of the same.
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 →