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Luke 18:9
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He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
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He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
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Jesus told this story to some people who thought they were very good and looked down on everyone else:
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And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
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There were some people who thought they were very good and looked down on everyone else. Jesus used this story to teach them:
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Then he propos'd this parable, concerning those who had a great opinion of their own justice, and look'd with contempt upon others.
He told his next story to some who were complacently pleased with themselves over their moral performance and looked down their noses at the common people: "Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: ‘Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.'
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Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
which: Luke 10:29, Luke 15:29, Luke 16:15, Proverbs 30:12, Isaiah 65:5, Isaiah 66:5, John 9:28, John 9:34, Romans 7:9, Romans 9:31, Romans 9:32, Romans 10:3, Philippians 3:4-6
that they were righteous: or, as being righteous
and despised: Luke 18:11, Luke 7:39, Luke 15:2, Luke 15:30, Luke 19:7, John 7:47-49, John 8:48, Acts 22:21, Romans 14:10
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:32 - yellow hair Deuteronomy 25:3 - vile unto thee 1 Samuel 15:30 - that I may worship Job 22:29 - he shall Proverbs 11:12 - that Proverbs 14:21 - that despiseth Proverbs 16:2 - the ways Song of Solomon 8:1 - I should not be despised Isaiah 43:26 - declare Isaiah 58:3 - have we fasted Ezekiel 33:13 - if he Matthew 9:14 - Why Luke 15:7 - which Romans 3:9 - are we Romans 3:27 - Where Romans 11:18 - Boast not Romans 12:12 - continuing Romans 14:3 - despise 1 Corinthians 4:10 - but we 2 Corinthians 1:9 - that Galatians 3:10 - as many
Cross-References
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he spake this parable unto certain,.... Or with respect to certain men; having a view to them, in order to expose their pride, vanity, arrogance, and self confidence:
which trusted in themselves that they were righteous; or, as if they were righteous; or because they were so in their own eyes, and in the esteem of others: the ground of their trust and confidence were themselves, their hearts, and the supposed goodness of them, their outward holiness, their moral behaviour, their duties, and good works, their almsdeeds, and religious exercises, their ceremonial observances, and fleshly privileges; on account of which they thought themselves very righteous persons, such as could not fail of being accepted with God, and justified in his sight; whereas there are none righteous in, and of themselves, no, not one. All the descendants of Adam, as such, are sinners, destitute of a righteousness, and filled with all unrighteousness, and are enemies to true righteousness: no man is naturally righteous, nor is he capable of making himself so, by any thing he can do: none are righteous by their obedience to the law of works, for that is imperfect, and cannot justify before God, in whose sight no flesh living can be justified on this account, however righteous they may appear before men, or may be in their own eyes: for this is contrary to God's way of making men righteous, and would disannul the death of Christ, and encourage boasting in men. Such trust and confidence must be very vain, and arise from ignorance; from ignorance of God, of the perfection of his justice, and of the nature of his righteous law; and of themselves, of the impurity of their hearts, and the imperfection of their obedience. These were of the "pharisaical" sort, and of which complexion were the generality of the Jews; and many of these were now standing by Christ, and within the hearing of this parable, and for whose sake it was delivered:
and despised others; or, "every man", as the Syriac and Persic versions read; all the rest of mankind, all but themselves; they made nothing of them, had them in no account; treated them as persons unworthy of the regard of God, and not fit to stand near them, or to be named with them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Unto certain - Unto some.
Which trusted in themselves - Who confided in themselves, or who supposed that they were righteous. They did not trust to God or the Messiah for righteousness, but to their own works. They vainly supposed they had themselves complied with the demands of the law of God.
Despised others - Others who were not as externally righteous as themselves. This was the character of the Pharisees. They trusted in their outward conformity to the ceremonies of the law. They considered all who did not do that as sinners. This, moreover, is the true character of self-righteousness. Men of that stamp always despise all others. They think they are far above them in holiness, and are disposed to say to them, Stand by thyself, for I am holier than thou, Isaiah 65:5. True religion, on the contrary, is humble. Those who trust in Christ for righteousness feel that “they” are, in themselves, poor, and miserable, and guilty, and they are willing to admit that others may be much better than themselves. Certain it is, they “despise” no one. They love all people; they regard them, however vile, as the creatures of God and as going to eternity, and are disposed to treat them well, and to aid them in their journey toward another world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 18:9. Despised — εξουθενουντας, Disdained, made nothing of others, treated them with sovereign contempt. Our Lord grants that the Pharisees made clean the outside: but, alas! what pride, vain glory, and contempt for others, were lodged within!
