Luke 18:10

Luke 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
• New International Version (NIV)“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

Context of Luke 18:10

8I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” 9Now He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood and began praying this in regard to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

Luke 18:10 word by word

Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης.Read the interlinear

• “Twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• wentἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• templeἱερόςhieros · sacredG2413
• to prayπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• a PhariseeΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• and the otherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• a taxτελώνηςtelōnēs · tax collectorG5057

Cross-references for Luke 18:10

• Luke 1:9according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
• Luke 19:46saying to them, “It is written: ‘And My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
• 1 Kings 8:30And listen to the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive!
• Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.
• Luke 7:29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.
• Acts 23:6But Paul, perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, began crying out in the Council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!”
• Acts 26:5since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.
• Philippians 3:5circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;

Commentaries on Luke 18:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10A Pharisee - For a description of the Pharisees and their tenets, see on Matthew 16:1; (note). Publican - See an account of these on Matthew 5:46; (note). 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 This parable was to convince some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. God sees with what disposition and design we come to him in holy ordinances. What the Pharisee said, shows that he trusted to himself that he was righteous. We may suppose he was free from gross and scandalous sins. All this was very well and commendable. Miserable is the condition of those who come short of the righteousness of this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10a tax collector: See study note on 3:12.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-1411-12. stood--as the Jews in prayer (Mr 11:25). God, &c.--To have been kept from gross iniquities was undoubtedly a just cause of thankfulness to God; but instead of the devoutly humble, admiring frame which this should inspire, the Pharisee arrogantly severs himself from the rest of mankind, as quite above them, and, with a contemptuous look at the poor publican, thanks God that he has not to stand afar off like him, to hang down his head like a bulrush…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 18:10

• Bigotry
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• Confidence
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• Jesus, the Christ
• Penitent
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• Repentance
• Self-Righteousness
• Temple
• Works
• Worship

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Commentaries on Luke 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings