A righteous person considers justice for the poor. The wicked one has no such concern.
Luke 18:2 - Tree of Life Version He said, “There was a judge in a certain city who neither feared God nor respected people. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. American Standard Version (1901) saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: Common English Bible He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. Catholic Public Domain Version saying: "There was a certain judge in a certain city, who did not fear God and did not respect man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded man. |
A righteous person considers justice for the poor. The wicked one has no such concern.
Highways are desolate; travel has ceased; covenant is broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for humanity.
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
“He was unwilling at the time. But afterward he said to himself, ‘Although I don’t fear God or respect people,
“Now the master of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love. Probably they will show him respect.’
Besides, we are used to having human fathers as instructors—and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?