Luke 18:11

The Parush was standing by himself, shawkling (ritual swaying while davening), and his tefillah went like this: Adonoi, Modeh Ani that I am not like other men, swindlers, resha'im, menaafim, or even this moches.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Shnei anashim (two men) went up to the Beis Hamikdash to daven, one was a Parush and the other, a moches (tax collector).

12I undergo a tzom (fast) twice during the week, I give the ma'aser (tithe) of everything as much as I get. + 18:12 Isa 58:3; Mal 3:8

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Cross References

Psalms 135:2Ye that stand ministering in the Beis Hashem, 1 in the khatzerot Beis Eloheinu. 1

Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek Me yom yom (daily), 1 and for the da'as of My Drakhim they seem eager, 1 like a Goy (Nation) that doeth tzedakah, 1 like one that did not forsake mishpat Elohav; 1 they ask of Me the mishpetei-tzedek; 1 they seem eager for kirvat Elohim (getting close to G-d, revival). 1

Jeremiah 2:28But where are thy elohim 1 that thou hast made for thee? 1 Let them arise, if they can save thee 1 in the time of thy trouble; 1 for as many as are the mispar (number) 1 of thy towns are thy elohim, O Yehudah. 1

Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as Am cometh, and they sit before thee as Ami, and they hear thy devarim, but they will not practice them; for with their mouth there is agavim (lusts), but their lev pursueth after their betza (unjust gain).

Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Perushim and Tzedukim coming to where he was using the Yarden as a mikveh mayim, Yochanan said to them, You banim (sons) of nachashim (snakes)! Who warned you to flee from the charon af + 3:7 Hashem habah (the coming burning wrath) [of Hashem]?

Matthew 19:18He says to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Which mitzvah? And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, LO TIRTZACH, LO TINAF, LO TIGNOV, LO TAANEH VREIACHAH ED SHAKER, (You shall not murder, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness),

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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