Luke 18:3

Good News Translation

And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’

Cross References

Job 22:9

You not only refused to help widows, but you also robbed and mistreated orphans.

Job 29:13

People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.

Isaiah 1:17

and learn to do right. See that justice is done—help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows.”

Jeremiah 5:28

why they are fat and well fed. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They do not give orphans their rights or show justice to the oppressed.

Matthew 5:25

“If someone brings a lawsuit against you and takes you to court, settle the dispute while there is time, before you get to court. Once you are there, you will be turned over to the judge, who will hand you over to the police, and you will be put in jail.

Luke 18:2

“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

Luke 18:4

For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or respect people,

Luke 18:5

yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’”

Deuteronomy 27:19

“‘God's curse on anyone who deprives foreigners, orphans, and widows of their rights.’ “And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!’