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Luke 18:11 KJV
Luke · chapter 18 · verse 11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.Luke 18:11 · King James Version
Luke 18:11 in context
9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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- extortionersharpaxrapacious, ravenous, an extortioner, a robberG727 →
- adulterersmoichosan adulterer, metaph. one who is faithless toward God, ungodlyG3432 →
- PhariseepharisaiosA sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the…G5330 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- prayedproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
- unjustadikosdescriptive of one who violates or has violated justice, unjust, unrighteous, sinful, of…G94 →
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The scope of this parable likewise is prefixed to it, and we are told (Luk 18:9) who they were whom it was levelled at, and for whom it was calculated. He designed it for the conviction of some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. They were such as had, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-14