Luke 18:9
And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
10Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, have said: Let the Lord be glorified, and we shall see in your joy: but they shall be confounded.
Luke 10:29But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?
Luke 15:29And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends:
Luke 18:11The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.
John 7:47The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?
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 →