Luke 18:4

First Nations Version

“The tribal council chief ignored her at first, but the woman kept demanding that he help her. The council chief grew weary, changed his thinking, and said, ‘This woman really troubles me. If I do not help her and right this wrong, she will never stop bothering me! I will see that she gets justice, not because I respect her or even fear the Great Spirit, but only because she will not give up until I help her.’”

Cross References

Luke 16:3

“The man said to himself, ‘What will I do? I am too old to dig ditches and too proud to beg from others.’ “Then an idea came to his mind.

Luke 12:17

‘What will I do with all this food?’ he said to himself. ‘I have no room in my storage barns for this great harvest.’ “The man thought about it and then said to himself again,

Luke 18:2

“Listen!” he said. “There was a village that had a tribal council chief who did not fear the Great Spirit or respect his fellow human beings.

Luke 18:3

A woman of that village, who had lost her husband, kept bothering him. She would say to him, ‘Stand up for me against the one who has done me wrong!’

Luke 20:13

“‘What can I do?’ he wondered. ‘I know,’ he said to himself, ‘I will send my much-loved son. They will have to respect him.’

Hebrews 12:9

When our earthly fathers disciplined us, we respected them for it. So how much more should we accept and respect Creator’s discipline, for he is our spiritual Father and the one who gives us the life of beauty and harmony!