Luke 18:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

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  • Acts 3:1 : 1 Peter and John Heal a Lame Man at the Temple Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.
  • Acts 23:6-8 : 6 Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council,“Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!” 7 When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 (For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)
  • Acts 26:5 : 5 They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
  • 1 Kgs 8:30 : 30 Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably.
  • 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people:‘This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David has said:“I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the LORD’s temple.
  • 2 Kgs 20:8 : 8 Hezekiah had said to Isaiah,“What is the confirming sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the LORD’s temple the day after tomorrow?”
  • Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God! 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
  • Luke 1:9-9 : 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense. 10 Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.
  • Luke 7:29-30 : 29 (Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. 30 However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
  • Luke 19:46 : 46 saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”
  • Phil 3:5 : 5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.

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  • Luke 18:11-14
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    11The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector.

    12I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

    13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

    14I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  • Luke 18:9
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    9The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

  • Matt 21:30-32
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    30The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

    31Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Matt 9:10-11
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    10As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

    11When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

  • Luke 19:2
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    2Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

  • Mark 2:15-17
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    15As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

    17When Jesus heard this he said to them,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  • Luke 16:14-15
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    14More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

    15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

  • Luke 18:1-2
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    1Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

    2He said,“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

  • Luke 15:1-3
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    1The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

    2But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

    3So Jesus told them this parable:

  • Luke 15:11
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    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

  • Matt 6:5
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    5Private Prayer“Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward!

  • Luke 3:12
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    12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”

  • Matt 18:17
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    17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

  • Luke 15:18
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    18I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

  • Luke 21:1
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    1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.

  • Luke 11:37-39
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    37Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.

    38The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

    39But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • Luke 10:30-31
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    30Jesus replied,“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

    31Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side.

  • Luke 7:41
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    41“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

    2Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!

  • Luke 7:36
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    36Jesus’ Anointing Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

  • Luke 5:30
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    30But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying,“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

  • Luke 17:18
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    18Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

  • Matt 5:46-47
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    46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

    47And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they?

  • Luke 5:27
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    27The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him.

  • 2 Sam 12:1
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    1Nathan the Prophet Confronts David So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to David, Nathan said,“There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

  • Matt 18:24
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    24As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

  • Luke 7:39
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    39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,“If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

  • Luke 14:1-2
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    1Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

    2There right in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

  • Luke 17:16
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    16He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus’ feet and thanked him.(Now he was a Samaritan.)

  • Luke 10:36
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    36Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

  • Matt 22:41
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  • Luke 11:43
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    43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!