The Persistent Widow and the Tax-Collector

The Persistent Widow and the Tax-Collector
Luke 18.1-14

Come with me into a court of law, where a civil case is being tried. I haven’t often been in a court, but we see them on the television and in the newspapers, and from time to time legal cases are widely reported and make history.

If it wasn’t so serious, it would be like a sporting contest. Here is the plaintiff, claiming eagerly that he has been wronged by the person opposing him. He has his team of lawyers, and they are arguing the case, producing witnesses, trying to persuade the judge that he is in the right. Here, opposite, is the defendant, the man the plaintiff is accusing. He and his team are trying to persuade the judge that he is in the right. Though experts who are watching may have a sense of which way the verdict is going to go, the result isn’t known until the judge, like a referee, finally sums up and announces the result...

Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright