Luke 18:1-5

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”

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Cross References 3

1. Isaiah 40:31; Luke 11:5-8; S Acts 1:14; S Romans 1:10; Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
2. Isaiah 1:17
3. Luke 11:8

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