Luke 18:9
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
10“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Isaiah 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
Luke 10:29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
John 7:47“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
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 →