CMP Review 2025-11-09

The parable of the unjust judge is unique to the Gospel of Luke. D. L. Bock comments on its significance:

To the theologically sophisticated, prayer can sometimes seem to be an odd spiritual practice. If God is all-knowing, sovereign and all-caring, then why bother him with our requests? Interestingly, Luke’s portrait of Jesus highlights prayer. He prays before receiving the Spirit (3:21–22), all-night prayer precedes the selecting the Twelve (6:12), and two parables focus on prayer (11:5–13; 18:1–8). The answer to the dilemma of prayer is that it is not intended to do something for God, but for us. It is one of the mechanisms of relationship that God gives to his children to be in touch with him. God may not need prayer, but we do.

Charlotte Mason’s poetic reflection on this parable also highlights the importance of prayer. But she goes beyond this, finding in the culmination of this passage a view to the cross. Read or hear her poem here.

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🖼️: The Parable of the Unjust Judge by Pieter de Grebber