Luke 18:1-3

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Pray And Don’t Lose Heart: God Will Avenge His People

18 And He was speaking a parable to them with-regard-to^[a] it being necessary that they always be praying and not losing-heart, ²saying, “There was in a certain city a certain judge not fearing God and not having-regard-for^[b] the person. ³And there was a widow in that city. And she was coming to him, saying, ‘Avenge^[c] me from my adversary’.

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Footnotes

Luke 18:1 Or, so-as to show them that they must always.
Luke 18:2 Or, respecting. This judge followed his own mind.
Luke 18:3 Or, Grant me justice. Depending on the issue, this widow could mean ‘Punish him for his crime’, ‘Protect me from his attack’, or, ‘Make him fulfill his contract’.

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