Luke 18:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Yet because this widdowe much troubleth me, I wyll auenge her: leste she come at the last, & make me weery.

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  • Luke 11:8 : 8 I saye vnto you, though he wyll not ryse and geue hym, because he is his friende: yet because of his importunitie he wyll ryse, and geue hym as many as he needeth.
  • Luke 18:39 : 39 And they which went before, rebuked hym, that he shoulde holde his peace: But he cryed so much the more, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
  • Judg 16:16 : 16 And as she laye vpon hym with her wordes, continually vexyng of him, his soule was encumbred eue vnto ye death.
  • 2 Sam 13:24-27 : 24 And came to the king, and saide: Beholde, thy seruaunt hath sheepe shearers, I pray thee that the king with his seruauntes come to thy seruaunt. 25 The king aunswered Absalom: Nay my sonne, I pray thee let vs not go all, lest we be chargeable vnto thee. And Absalom laye sore vpon him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. 26 Then saide Absalom: but I pray thee shall not my brother Amnon go with vs? And the king aunswered him: what needeth it that he go with thee? 27 But Absalom made such instaunce, that he let Amnon & all the kinges children go with him.
  • Matt 15:23 : 23 But he aunswered her not a worde: and his disciples came, and besought hym, saying: sende her away, for she cryeth after vs.
  • Mark 10:47-48 : 47 And when he hearde that it was Iesus of Nazareth, he beganne to cry, and say: Iesus, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me. 48 And many rebuked hym, that he shoulde holde his peace: But he cryed the more a great deale, thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me.

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  • Luke 18:6-8
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    6 And the Lorde sayde: heare what the vuryghteous iudge sayeth.

    7 And shall not God auenge his elect, which crye day and nyght vnto hym? yea, though he deferre them,

    8 I tell you he wyll auenge them, and that quickly. Neuerthelesse, when the sonne of man commeth, shall he fynde fayth on the earth?

  • Luke 18:1-4
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    1 And he put foorth a parable vnto them, to this ende that me ought alwayes to pray, & not to be weery,

    2 Saying: There was in a certayne citie, a iudge, whiche feared not God, neither regarded man.

    3 And there was a certayne widdowe in the same citie, and she came vnto him, saying: Auenge me of mine aduersarie.

    4 And he woulde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he sayde within hym selfe: Though I feare not God, nor care for man,

  • Luke 11:7-8
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    7 And he within aunswere, & say, trouble me not, the doore is nowe shut, and my children are with me in bedde, I can not ryse and geue thee.

    8 I saye vnto you, though he wyll not ryse and geue hym, because he is his friende: yet because of his importunitie he wyll ryse, and geue hym as many as he needeth.

  • 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day.

  • 16 And as she laye vpon hym with her wordes, continually vexyng of him, his soule was encumbred eue vnto ye death.

  • 15 A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together.

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    15 Nowe therfore I am come to speake of this thing vnto the my lord the king, because they that be of ye people haue made me afrayd: And thy handmayde sayd, Now will I speake vnto the king, it may be that the king will perfourme the request of his handmayde.

    16 And the king shall heare his handmayde, to deliuer her out of the hand of the man that woulde haue destroyed me, and also my sonne out of the inheritaunce of God.

  • 16 If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:

  • Luke 21:2-3
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    2 He saw also a certaine poore wydowe, which caste in thyther two unites.

    3 And he sayde, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all.

  • 6 And her enemie Phenenna vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren.

  • 15 For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.

  • 16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede.

  • 58 When thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler, as thou art in the waye, geue diligence that thou mayest be deliuered from hym, lest he bryng thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the iayler, and the iayler caste thee into prison.

  • 5 And he sayde vnto them: Whiche of you shall haue a friende, and shall go vnto hym at mydnyght, and saye vnto hym, friende lende me three loaues,

  • 21 He hath oppressed the barren that can not beare, and vnto the wydow hath he done no good.

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    42 And there came a certayne poore widdowe, & she threwe in two mites, which make a farthyng.

    43 And he called vnto hym his disciples, and sayth vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, that this poore widdowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.

  • 24 Therfore saith the Lorde God of hoastes, the mightie one of Israel: Ah I must ease me of mine enemies, and auenge me of mine aduersaries:

  • 17 Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes, and you haue sayde, Wherein haue we weeried him? Whylest you say, Euery one that doth euil, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he is pleased in them: or where is the God of iudgement?

  • 8 For he beyng ryghteous, & dwellyng among them, in seyng and hearyng, vexed his ryghteous soule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull deedes.

  • 5 The king said vnto her: What ayleth thee? She aunswered: I am in deede a wydow, and myne husband is dead.

  • 19 Consider me O Lorde, and heare the voyce of mine enemies.

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    23 If ye shall euyll entreate them, and they crye out vnto me, I wyll surelye heare theyr crye.

    24 And then wyl my wrath waxe hotte, and I wyll kyll you with the sworde, & your wyues shalbe widowes, and your chyldren fatherlesse.

  • 19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

  • 40 But Martha was cumbred about much seruing, and came to hym, & saide: Lorde, doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone? Byd her therfore that she helpe me.

  • 3 Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie, and from the present affliction of the wicked: for they are minded to do me mischiefe, and are set malitiously against me.

  • Job 31:10-11
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    10 Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.

    11 For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished:

  • 29 Should I not punishe these thinges saith the Lorde? should not I be auenged of all suche people as these be?

  • 3 Honour wydowes, whiche are wydowes in deede.

  • 2 How long wyll ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes?

  • 6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

  • 2 Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.

  • 23 But he aunswered her not a worde: and his disciples came, and besought hym, saying: sende her away, for she cryeth after vs.

  • 17 Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee.

  • 17 In the euening and morning, and at noone day wyll I pray, and that most instantly: and he wyll heare my voyce.

  • 6 And Iesus sayde: let her alone, why trouble ye her? She hath done a good worke on me.

  • 47 Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation.

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    3 My soule also is greatly troubled: but O God howe long shall I be in this case?

  • 16 Count not thine handmayde for a wicked woman: for out of the aboundaunce of my heauynesse & griefe, haue I spoken hytherto.

  • 5 So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister?