Luke 18:9
And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
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In Context
10Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
Isaiah 66:5Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.
Luke 10:29But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
Luke 15:29But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:
Luke 18:11The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
John 7:47Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?
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 →