The righteous know the rights of the poor; the wicked have no such understanding.
Luke 18:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. American Standard Version (1901) saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: Common English Bible He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. Catholic Public Domain Version saying: "There was a certain judge in a certain city, who did not fear God and did not respect man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded man. |
The righteous know the rights of the poor; the wicked have no such understanding.
The highways are deserted, travelers have quit the road. The treaty is broken, its oaths are despised, its obligation is disregarded.
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’
For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,
Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’
Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?