Luke 18:2

Easy To Read Version

“Once there was a judge in a town. He did not care about God. The judge also did not care what people thought about him.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:7

Good people want to do the right thing for poor people. But evil people don’t care.

Isaiah 33:8

The roads are destroyed. No one is walking in the streets. People have broken the agreements they made. People refuse to believe the proof from witnesses. {\cf2\super [301]} No one respects other people.

Luke 18:3

In that same town there was a woman. Her husband was dead. The woman came many times to this judge and said, ‘There is a man that is doing bad things to me. Give me my rights!’

Luke 18:4

But the judge did not want to help the woman. After a long time, the judge thought to himself, ‘I don’t care about God. And I don’t care about what people think.

Luke 20:13

The owner of the vineyard said, ‘What will I do now? I will send my son. I love my son very much. Maybe the farmers will respect my son!’

Hebrews 12:9

We have all had fathers here on earth who punished us. And we respected our fathers. So it is even more important that we accept punishment from the Father of our spirits. If we do this we will have life.