A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 18:3 in context
Luke 18:1–6
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He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
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saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man.
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A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
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He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
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yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
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The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
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