Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
3 And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- KJV
- And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- WEB
- He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
- ASV
- And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- DARBY
- And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
- BLB
- And He was speaking a parable to them that it is necessary for them always to pray and not to grow fainthearted,
- ÅB
- Og han sa en lignelse til dem om at de alltid skulle be og ikke bli trette.
- OTB
- Så fortalte Jesus dem en lignelse for å vise at de alltid skulle be og ikke miste motet.
- B1930
- Og han sa en lignelse til dem om at de alltid skulde bede og ikke bli trette.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
Read in contextRomans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Read in contextEphesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Read in contextPsalms 55:16–17
But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:12
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Read in contextLuke 21:36
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
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