Luke 18:2
2 He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
Other Translations of Luke 18:2
King James Version
2 Saying, There was in a city
English Standard Version
2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.
The Message
2 He said, "There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people.
New King James Version
2 saying: "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.
New Living Translation
2 "There was a judge in a certain city," he said, "who neither feared God nor cared about people.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 18:2
Commentary on Luke 18:1-8
(Read Luke 18:1-8)
All God's people are praying people. Here earnest steadiness in prayer for spiritual mercies is taught. The widow's earnestness prevailed even with the unjust judge: she might fear lest it should set him more against her; but our earnest prayer is pleasing to our God. Even to the end there will still be ground for the same complaint of weakness of faith.