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Luke 18:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Luke 18:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 [a](A)because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’”
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- 18:5 Strike me: the Greek verb translated as strike means “to strike under the eye” and suggests the extreme situation to which the persistence of the widow might lead. It may, however, be used here in the much weaker sense of “to wear one out.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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