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Luke 18:11 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The 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. "
Luke 18:11
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9 He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
11 The 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.
12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
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Luke 18:1
"He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,"
Luke 18:2
"saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man."
Luke 18:3
"A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’"
Luke 18:4
"He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,"
Luke 18:5
"yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”"
Luke 18:6
"The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says."
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