Luke 18:10
“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector;
Literal Standard 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 8:30Then You have listened to the supplication of Your servant, and of Your people Israel, which they pray toward this place; indeed, You listen in the place of Your dwelling, in the heavens—and You have listened, and have forgiven,
2 Kings 20:8And Hezekiah says to Isaiah, “What [is] the sign that YHWH gives healing to me, that I have gone up to the house of YHWH on the third day?”
Luke 1:9according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make incense, having gone into the temple of the LORD,
Luke 19:46saying to them, “It has been written, My house is a house of prayer—but you made it a den of robbers.”
Acts 23:6and Paul having known that one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee—son of a Pharisee—concerning [the] hope and resurrection of [the] dead I am judged.”
Philippians 3:5circumcision on the eighth day! Of the race of Israel! Of the tribe of Benjamin! A Hebrew of Hebrews! According to 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 →