yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 18:5 in context
Luke 18:2–8
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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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Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
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I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
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