The parable of the widow and the unjust judge is, in my humble opinion, a very troubling and disturbing parable. If I had been Luke’s editor, I would have suggested he either rewrite the parable or omit it from his Gospel altogether. But there it is, stuck right at the beginning of the eighteenth chapter. Too many people have seen it there to try and get rid of it now, so we have to deal with it.

Photo by Tim Evanson