Luke 18:1-6

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought ¹always to pray and not ²lose heart.

2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who ³neither feared God nor respected man.

3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary. ’

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

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming. ’”

6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

Cross References

• 1. 18:1 ch. 21:36; Rom. 12:12; Eph. 6:18; Col. 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:17; [ch. 11:5-9]
• 2. 18:1 2 Cor. 4:1, 16; 2 Thess. 3:13 (Gk.)
• 3. 18:2 [2 Cor. 8:21]
• 4. 18:4 [ch. 11:8]