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What does Luke 18:4 mean?

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

— Luke 18:4 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

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saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man.

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A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

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

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yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”

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The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.

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Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

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