Luke 18:5
"‘yet because this woman annoys me I will give her justice, lest by her continual coming she wear me out.’
Montgomery 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
6"Listen" said the Lord, "to what this unjust judge says.
Cross References
Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."
Luke 11:8"I tell you that, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunate persistence he will rise and give him whatever 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 →