Luke 18:9-11

Contemporary English Version

A Pharisee and a Tax Collector

⁹Jesus told a story to some people who thought they were better than others and who looked down on everyone else:

¹⁰Two men went into the temple to pray.^[a] One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.^[b] ¹¹The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed,^[c] “God, I thank you that I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage like other people. And I am really glad that I am not like that tax collector over there.

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Footnotes

18.10 into the temple to pray: Jewish people usually prayed there early in the morning and late in the afternoon.
18.10 tax collector: See the note at 3.12.
18.11 stood over by himself and prayed: Some manuscripts have “stood up and prayed to himself.”