Luke 18:10
“Two men ascended to the temple, in order to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 8:30So may you heed the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel, whatever they will pray for in this place, and so may you heed them in your dwelling place in heaven. And when you heed, you will be gracious.
2 Kings 20:8But Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will ascend to the temple of the Lord on the third day?”
Luke 1:9according to the custom of the priesthood, the lot fell so that he would offer incense, entering into the temple of the Lord.
Luke 19:46saying to them: “It is written: ‘My house is a house of prayer.’ But you have made it into a den of robbers.”
Acts 23:6Now Paul, knowing that one group were Sadducees and the other were Pharisees, exclaimed in the council: “Noble brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is over the hope and resurrection of the dead that I am being judged.”
Philippians 3:5For I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew among Hebrews. According to the law, I was a Pharisee;
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:10-15
The Pharisee and the Publican. 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not… Read the whole commentary →