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Luke 18:3

And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, and said: Vindicate me against my adversary.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, and regarded not men.

4And he would not, for a long time: but afterwards, he said to himself: Though I fear not God, and regard not men,

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Cross References

Romans 13:3For judges are not a terror to good deeds, but to evil deeds. Wouldst thou then not be afraid of the authority? Do good, and thou shalt 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 →

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