Luke 18:3 - New King James Version

³ Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

Common English Bible

³ In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him, asking, ‘Give me justice in this case against my adversary.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ But there was a certain widow in that city, and she went to him, saying, 'Vindicate me from my adversary.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.

Luke 18:3 Cross References

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Job 29:13

The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.

Matthew 5:25

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Luke 18:2

saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

Luke 18:4

And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man,

Luke 18:5

yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’