Tag: corrupt-judge

  • 19th October 2025, 19th  Sunday after Pentecost

    Luke 18:1-8 A widow begs for justice 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 18:2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 18:3 In that city there was a widow who kept…

  • Preaching Paths 19 October 2025 Proper 24C

    Sally A Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary This week’s gospel text, Luke 18:1-8, presents us with another parable unique to Luke. The parable sets in juxtaposition two readily recognizable “stock” characters of the time—a mistreated widow who seeks justice and a self-absorbed judge who has no regard either for God or human beings. The…