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Luke 18:3
And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
Luke 18:3 · Webster Bible
Luke 18:3 in other translations
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
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In context
1 And he spoke a parable to them [to this end], that men ought always [to] pray, and not to faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, neither regarded man.
3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
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