Luke 18:10

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

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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

9Then He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest:

11The Pharisee stood and started praying to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like all the rest—robbers, unjust, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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Cross References

Luke 1:9according to the custom of the priesthood, that his lot was to burn incense, upon entering the sanctuary of the Lord;

Luke 19:46saying to them, “It is written: ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”

Acts 23:6Now when Paul perceived that one part were Pharisees and the other Sadducees, he called out in the council, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee; I am being judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead!”

Philippians 3:5circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; with respect to the Law, 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 →

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