Luke 18:5

New English Translation

yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:4

They contacted me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

Luke 11:8

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

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 18:39

And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

1 Corinthians 9:27

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

Judges 16:16

She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.