And a widow(A) in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect people, yet because this widow keeps(B) pestering me,[a] I will give her justice, so that she doesn’t wear me out[b] by her persistent coming.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:5 Lit widow causes me trouble
  2. 18:5 Or doesn’t ruin my reputation

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