Luke 18:5
yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 the Lord said, 'Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:24And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.'
Matthew 15:23And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying — 'Let her away, because she crieth after us;'
Luke 11:8'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;
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 →