Versículo del Día — Miércoles, 14 de octubre de 2026
Luke 18:5
Luke 18:5. El Versículo del Día, Miércoles, 14 de octubre de 2026, con una breve reflexión.
Todavía, porque esta viuda me es molesta, le haré justicia, porque al fin no venga y me muela.
Luke 18:5
Qué significa este versículo
In Jesus' parable, a corrupt judge admits he will finally give a widow justice only because her constant pleading is wearing him down, which sets up Jesus' point that God, who is nothing like that judge, will surely answer people who keep crying out to him.
This line comes from a short story Jesus tells his disciples, and Luke tells us up front why he told it: to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Jesus has just been talking about hard times ahead before the Son of Man returns, so the question hanging in the air is whether his followers will keep trusting God while they wait.
The story has two characters. One is a judge in a town who, in Jesus' own words, doesn't fear God and doesn't care what people think of him. The other is a widow. In that world a widow was about as exposed as a person could be, because she usually had no husband, money or standing to speak up for her, which is why the law of Moses kept telling Israel to protect widows. She has a case against someone who has wronged her, and the judge simply won't hear it.
So she keeps coming back, again and again, asking him to give her justice against her opponent. For a while he refuses. Then, in verse 4, he talks to himself and admits he still doesn't care about God or anyone else, and verse 5 is the rest of that inner speech: because this widow keeps bothering me, I'll see that she gets justice, or she'll wear me out with her coming.
The word behind "wear me out" is a vivid one. In the original Greek it comes from boxing and literally means to hit someone under the eye, so the judge is half joking that she will end up giving him a black eye, or at least ruin his reputation. His change of heart has nothing to do with fairness or compassion. He gives in to get rid of her.
That is exactly why Jesus tells the story. Right after this he says, listen to what the unjust judge says, and then asks whether God will not bring justice to his own people who cry out to him day and night. The argument runs from the lesser to the greater: if even a selfish judge eventually does the right thing for a stranger who pesters him, how much more will God, who loves his people, act for them.
The widow's persistence shows what faith looks like while justice is delayed, and the judge is there as a contrast to God, so the story ends with Jesus asking whether, when he comes, he will find that kind of faith on the earth.
