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  1. The Parable of the Persistent Widow - Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared ...

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  2. Jan 4, 2022 · The parable of the widow and the judge is set in an unnamed town. Over that town presides an unjust judge who has no fear of God and no compassion for the people under his jurisdiction. In the Jewish community, a judge was expected to be impartial, to judge righteously, and to recognize that judgment ultimately belongs to God ...

  3. Jesus teaches persistence in prayer through the Parable of a Widow who keeps pestering an unjust judge until he gives her what she is entitled to.

  4. The widow in this parable functions as a model for discipleship with respect to persistent prayer. She goes before the unjust judge with her petition over and over, not taking no for an answer. She was resilient and she was faithful to what she believed in. She was persistent in her pursuit of justice.

  5. Luke 18:6 . Audio Crossref Comment Greek. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. New Living Translation. Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. English Standard Version. And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. Berean Standard Bible.

  6. The Parable of the Unjust Judge (also known as the Parable of the Importunate Widow or the Parable of the Persistent Woman, is one of the parables of Jesus which appears in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 18:1–8). In it, a judge who lacks compassion is repeatedly approached by a woman seeking justice.

  7. (2-8) The parable of the widow and the unjust judge. Saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’