Luke 18:1
And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to waxe faint,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
In Context
2Saying, There was a iudge in a certaine citie, which feared not God, neither reuereced man.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24Now when Iaakob was left him selfe alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.
Job 27:8For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
Psalms 55:16But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.
Psalms 86:3Be mercifull vnto me, O Lord: for I crie vpon thee continually.
Psalms 142:5Then cryed I vnto thee, O Lord, and sayde, thou art mine hope, and my portion in the land of the liuing.
Jonah 2:7When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lord: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:1
In this chapter we have, I. The parable of the importunate widow, designed to teach us fervency in prayer, ver. 1-8 . II. The parable of the Pharisee and publican, designed to teach us humility, and humiliation for sin, in prayer, ver. 9-14 . III. Christ's favour to little children that were brought to him, ver. 15-17 . IV. The trial of a rich man that had a mind to follow Christ, whether he loved better Christ or his riches; his coming short upon that trial; and Christ's discourse with his disciples upon that… Read the whole commentary →