Luke 18:9
And he spoke this parable to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
10Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Cross References
Luke 10:29But, wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus: And who is my neighbor?
Luke 15:29But he answered and said to his father, Behold, for so many years do I serve you, and never have I transgressed your commandment, and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
John 7:47Then the Pharisees answered them: Are you also deceived?
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:2-9
The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →