Luke 18:9
Then He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest:
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10“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Cross References
Luke 10:29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luke 15:29But in answer he said to the father: ‘Just look at how many years I have been serving you without ever transgressing your commandment; yet you never gave me even a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends.
Luke 18:11The 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.
John 7:47So the Pharisees answered them: “You haven't been fooled too, have you?
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 →