Luke 18:9
And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable:
Noyes Bible
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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 30:12There is a class who are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of Jehovah, Ye that tremble at his word! “Your brethren that hate you, And thrust you out for my name's sake, have said, “May Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy!” But they shall be confounded.
Luke 10:29But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Luke 15:29And he answering said to his father, Lo! for so many years have I served thee, and never transgressed thy command; and yet to me thou never gavest a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself thus: O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
John 7:47The Pharisees answered them, Have ye also been deceived?
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 →