Matthew Henry on Luke 18:1-8

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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.

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