Luke 18:5
yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will vindicate her; that she may not be always coming and troubling me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
6And our Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Cross References
Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and requested of him, and said: Send her away, for she crieth after us.
Luke 11:8I say to you: If he give him not, on account of friendship, yet on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as much as he asketh.
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 →