Luke 18:9
He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
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10“Two men went up into the temple to pray; 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, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Isaiah 66:5Hear the LORD’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.
Luke 10:29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
John 7:47The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are 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 →