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Luke 18:10
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“Two men went up to the temple to pray,
Two men went vp into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publicane.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"A Pharisee and a tax collector both went to the Temple to pray.
"Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Two men went into the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Parush and the other a tax-collector.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.
"One time there was a Pharisee and a tax collector. One day they both went to the Temple to pray.
Two men went vp into the Temple to pray: the one a Pharise, and the other a Publican.
Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
"Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Parush, and the other was a tax collector.
"Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisha, the other a publican;
Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Two men went vp into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publicane.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
"Two men went up to the Temple to pray," He said; "one being a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.
seiynge, Twei men wenten vp in to the temple to preye; the toon a Farisee, and the tother a pupplican.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
"Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector.
Jesus said, "Two men went up to the house of God to pray. One of them was a proud religious law-keeper. The other was a man who gathered taxes.
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Two men, went up into the temple to pray, one, a Pharisee, and, the other, a tax-collector.
Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Two men went vp into ye teple to praye: ye one a pharise and the other a publican.
`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;
There wente vp two men in to the teple, to praye: the one a Pharise, the other a publican.
two men went to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a Publican.
"Two guys went into the church to pray. One was a religious fellow, and the other was a brand inspector.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
into: Luke 1:9, Luke 1:10, Luke 19:46, 1 Kings 8:30, Acts 3:1
a Pharisee: Luke 7:29, Luke 7:30, Matthew 21:31, Matthew 21:32, Acts 23:6-8, Acts 26:5, Philippians 3:5
Reciprocal: Proverbs 25:14 - boasteth Matthew 5:20 - exceed Matthew 6:5 - thou shalt not Luke 5:32 - General John 9:34 - and dost 2 Corinthians 10:18 - not
Cross-References
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
He said, "Master, if it please you, stop for a while with your servant. I'll get some water so you can wash your feet. Rest under this tree. I'll get some food to refresh you on your way, since your travels have brought you across my path." They said, "Certainly. Go ahead."
The men said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He said, "In the tent."
God said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh saying, ‘Me? Have a baby? An old woman like me?' Is anything too hard for God ? I'll be back about this time next year and Sarah will have a baby."
Sarah lied. She said, "I didn't laugh," because she was afraid. But he said, "Yes you did; you laughed."
When the men got up to leave, they set off for Sodom. Abraham walked with them to say good-bye.
Then God said, "Shall I keep back from Abraham what I'm about to do? Abraham is going to become a large and strong nation; all the nations of the world are going to find themselves blessed through him. Yes, I've settled on him as the one to train his children and future family to observe God 's way of life, live kindly and generously and fairly, so that God can complete in Abraham what he promised him."
But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John. You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you—many will delight in his birth. He'll achieve great stature with God. "He'll drink neither wine nor beer. He'll be filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment he leaves his mother's womb. He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God. He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics—he'll get the people ready for God." Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman." But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news. But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time—God's time." Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary. When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people. When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home. It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy. "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said. In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, be called ‘Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David; He will rule Jacob's house forever— no end, ever, to his kingdom." Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God. "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home. When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this." Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Two men went up into the temple to pray, Which is called an house of prayer, Isaiah 56:7 the Jews had a mighty notion of praying in a place of religious worship, as in the temple, or in a synagogue; imagining that their prayers were more acceptable to God, and sooner heard by him in such a place than in private:
"the prayers of the congregation, they say u, are heard always; and though there are sinners among them, the holy; blessed God, does not despise the prayer of many; wherefore, a man ought to join himself with the congregation, and not pray alone, whenever he can pray with that: and let a man go always, morning and evening, to the synagogue; for there is no prayer heard at all times but in the synagogue; and whoever has a synagogue in his city, and does not pray in it with the congregation, is called an ill neighbour. ---A divinity school is greater than a synagogue; and the great wise men, though they had many synagogues in their cities, did not pray but where they studied in the law.''
And they say w, that
"he that prays (in the synagogue) is as if he offered a pure offering. ---Says R. Abhu, in the name of R. Abhu, "seek the Lard where he may be found"; where is he to be found? in the synagogues, and in the schools.''
These two men had, doubtless, both of them a notion of the sanctity of the place, and acted according to the prevailing sense of the people. They went up hither, not by consultation, agreement, and appointment; for they were of a different cast from each other; but so it happened. Had they went by consent, there was a rule for them x:
"two men that go to a synagogue to pray, and one has finished his prayer before his neighbour, if he stays for him, his reward is double; and if he does not stay for him, his prayer is not heard.''
And they had rules also for the manner of their going to, and from the place of prayer: when they went thither, they were to go nimbly, in haste, and even run; but when they came back, they were to go very slowly and gently y.
"The commandment (they say z) is to run to a synagogue; for it is said, Hosea 6:3 "we shall know, we shall follow on to know the Lord": but when a man comes out of the synagogue, let him not take large steps; but let him walk, little by little, or take short steps.''
How far these rules were complied with by these men, is of no great moment to know; who they were follows:
the one a Pharisee; one of those that trusted in themselves, as righteous, and despised all others, especially publicans and sinners; of these Hosea 6:3- :. This was the strictest sect among the Jews; they were men that prayed, and fasted much, and were great sticklers for the ceremonies of the law, and the traditions of the elders, and did all they did to be seen of men:
and the other a publican; a gatherer of the Roman tax, though by nation a Jew; and therefore such were had in great contempt by the Jews in general; nor would they eat and drink and converse with them; Hosea 6:3- : and
Hosea 6:3- :
u Maimon. Hilch. Tephilla, c. 8. sect. 1, 3. Piske Harosh Beracot, c. 1. art. 7. w T. Hieros. Beracot, fol. 8. 4. x Piske Harosh, ib. y Piske Harosh, & T. Hieros. Beracot, fol. 9. 1. z Maimon. ib. sect. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The temple - Into one of the courts of the temple - the court where prayer was commonly offered. See the notes at Matthew 21:12.
A Pharisee - See the notes at Matthew 3:7.
Publican - See the notes at Matthew 5:46.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 18:10. A Pharisee — For a description of the Pharisees and their tenets, Matthew 16:1; Matthew 16:1.
Publican. — See an account of these on Matthew 5:46. Both these persons went to the temple to pray, i.e. to worship God: they were probably both Jews, and felt themselves led by different motives to attend at the temple, at the hour of prayer: the one to return thanks for the mercies he had received; the other to implore that grace which alone could redeem him from his sins.
