Luke 18:2-5 Parallel Bible Translations

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2	λέγων Κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει τὸν Θεὸν μὴ φοβούμενος καὶ ἄνθρωπον μὴ ἐντρεπόμενος	He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.	He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
3	χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα Ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου	And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’	And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4	Καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἐπὶ χρόνον μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ Εἰ καὶ τὸν Θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον ἐντρέπομαι	For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,	“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
5	διά γε τὸ παρέχειν μοι κόπον τὴν χήραν ταύτην ἐκδικήσω αὐτήν ἵνα μὴ εἰς τέλος ἐρχομένη ὑπωπιάζῃ με	yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”	yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
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