yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice so she won’t wear me out by her incessant coming.’”
I tell you, even if the friend will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
And those leading the way were scolding him, so he would be quiet. But he kept shouting all the more, “Ben-David, have mercy on me!”
Now it came about when she nagged him daily with her speeches and kept bothering him, his soul was annoyed to death.
But He did not answer her a word. And when His disciples came, they were urging Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.”
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
Rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
They sent me the same message four times, and each time I returned a similar response to them.