Luke 18:3 - Revised Version 1885

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

More versions

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.'

Luke 18:3 Cross References

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do well; seek judgement, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed be he that wresteth the judgement of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness: they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they should prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge,

Job 29:13

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Job 22:9

Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Matthew 5:25

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Luke 18:2

saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, and regarded not man:

Luke 18:4

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

Luke 18:5

yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.