Lucas 18

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He  * 18:9–14 Mt 18:4; 23:12; Lk 14:11 also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves  * 18:9 Mt 5:20; 2Co 1:9 that they were righteous  * 18:9 Lk 16:15 and looked down  * 18:9 Lk 23:11; Ac 4:11; Rm 14:3,10 on everyone else: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray,* 18:10 1Kg 10:5; 2Kg 20:5,8; Ac 3:1one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.11 The Pharisee was standing* 18:11 Mt 6:5; Mk 11:25and praying like this about himself:* 18:11 Or by himself‘God, I thank you that I’m not like other people — greedy,* 18:11 Mt 7:15; 1Co 5:10–11; 6:10unrighteous,* 18:11 Lk 16:10adulterers,* 18:11 Ex 20:14; 1Co 6:9; Heb 13:4or even like this tax collector.12 I fast* 18:12 Lk 5:33–35; Ac 13:2–3twice a week; I give a tenth* 18:12 Or give tithes,* 18:12 Lk 11:42of everything I get.’

13 "But the tax collector, standing far off,* 18:13 Lk 17:12would not even raise his eyes to heaven* 18:13 Ezr 9:6but kept striking his chest* 18:13 Lk 23:48and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me,* 18:13 Or God, turn your wrath from me,* 18:13 Heb 2:17a sinner! ’* 18:13 1Tm 1:1514 I tell you, this one went down to his house justified* 18:14 Lk 16:15; Php 3:8rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."* 18:14 Is 2:11; Lk 1:52; 3:5; 14:11