Luke 18:9
7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
8 I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
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- And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
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- He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
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- And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
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- And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:
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- And He also spoke this parable to some trusting in themselves that they are righteous, and despising others:
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- Han sa også denne lignelse til noen som stolte på seg selv at de var rettferdige, og foraktet de andre:
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- Han fortalte også denne lignelsen til noen som stolte på sin egen rettferdighet og så ned på andre:
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- Han sa også denne lignelse til nogen som stolte på sig selv at de var rettferdige, og foraktet de andre:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
Read in contextProverbs 30:12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:5
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
Read in contextRomans 10:3
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Read in contextRomans 14:10
Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
Read in contextRomans 9:31–32
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
Read in contextLuke 7:39
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
Read in contextJohn 7:47–49
“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
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