Morning Service for Trinity 18 2022
At first sight this parable from Luke’s gospel is rather uninteresting, being merely an exhortation to be continuous and persistent in prayer – wise teaching for sure, but it is odd that the parable seems to compare God to an unjust judge. However, Luke wraps it in a context irresistibly focussed on the need to pray. As he does so often, he feels bounden to help his reader and put the parable within an interpretive framework, in other words, he has to try and explain it. But if the parable is cut from this surround then perhaps, left to itself, it may say something wholly different, and perhaps more interesting.