Luke 18:4
Good News Translation
For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or respect people,

Contemporary English Version
For a while the judge refused to do anything. Finally, he said to himself, "Even though I don't fear God or care about people,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,

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And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,

he said.

Luke 12:17 And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Luke 16:3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.

Hebrews 4:12,13 For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. . . .

Context
The Persistent Widow
3And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. 4And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man, 5Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.…
Cross References
Luke 18:2
Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God nor regarded man.

Luke 18:3
And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.

Luke 20:13
Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be, when they see him, they will reverence him.

Hebrews 12:9
Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and live?

Additional Translations
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God or respect men,

And for a time he would not, but afterward he said within himself, 'Even if I do not fear God, nor respect man,

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God and respect not man,

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

"For a time he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, "'Though I have neither reverence for God nor respect for man,

He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,
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