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Luke 18:5

PatiencePrayer

3 And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”

6 And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.

7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

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BSB
yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
KJV
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
WEB
yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
ASV
yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.
DARBY
at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
BLB
yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will avenge her, so that coming until the end, she does not exhaust me.’”
ÅB
vil jeg dog hjelpe denne enke til å få rett fordi hun gjør meg uleilighet, så hun ikke til slutt skal komme og legge hånd på meg.
OTB
så vil jeg, fordi denne enken stadig plager meg, sørge for at hun får rett, så hun ikke til slutt kommer og sliter meg ut.’”
B1930
vil jeg dog hjelpe denne enke til å få rett fordi hun gjør mig uleilighet, så hun ikke til slutt skal komme og legge hånd på mig.

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Cross references

  • Luke 11:8

    I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

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  • Luke 18:39

    Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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  • Judges 16:16

    Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

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  • Mark 10:47–48

    When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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  • 2 Samuel 13:24–27

    And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

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  • Matthew 15:23

    But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

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