Luke 18:2

New English Translation

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

Isaiah 33:8

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

Luke 18:3

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

Luke 18:4

For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

Luke 20:13

Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?