Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

English Standard Version
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

New American Standard Bible
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,

King James Bible
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

International Standard Version
Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

American Standard Version
And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Douay-Rheims Bible
AND he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint,

Darby Bible Translation
And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,

Young's Literal Translation
And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

Cross References

Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 62:7
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Luke 11:5
And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

Luke 11:8
I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Ephesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 18

Lu 18:1-8. Parable of the Importunate Widow.

1-5. always—Compare Lu 18:7, "night and day."

faint—lose heart, or slacken.