Luke 18:9
Then he also spoke this parable to some who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous and who despised other people,
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10“Two men went up into the temple to pray—the one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, 1 and yet they are not washed of their filth. 1
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word, 1 “Your brothers who hate and exclude you for my name's sake have said, 1 'May Yahweh be glorified, then we will see your joy,' 1 but they will be put to shame. 1
Luke 10:29But the teacher, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
Luke 15:29But the older son answered and said to his father, 'Look, these many years I slaved for you, and I never broke a rule of yours, and yet you never gave me a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends,
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed these things about himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, unrighteous people, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
John 7:47So the Pharisees answered them, “Have you 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 →