9And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:


In Context

6 And the Lord said, 'Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

7 and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night — bearing long in regard to them?

8 I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

9 And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

10 'Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

11 the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

Luke 18:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:9And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:9And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:9And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:9And he spake also this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:9And he spoke this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:9He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:9And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: