Luke 18:9

First Nations Version

He then told a story to warn the ones who trusted in themselves and thought they were better than others.

Cross References

Luke 16:15

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said to them, “You always make yourselves look good to others, but the Great Spirit sees your heart. What many see as valuable he sees as worthless.

Romans 10:3

Since they did not understand Creator’s path to good standing, they tried to make their own way. But in doing so, they did not walk Creator’s path and never found good standing in his eyes.

Romans 14:10

Since this is true, why then do you look down on and decide the guilt of a sacred family member? For the time will come when we all will stand before the Great Spirit, and he will be the one to decide who has done right and who has done wrong.

Luke 7:39

When the spiritual leader saw this, he thought to himself, “If this man were a true prophet he would know who is touching him. He would see what kind of woman this is—an outcast!”

Romans 7:9

I once lived my life not knowing the law, but when I heard the law’s instructions, my broken ways came to life and I died.

Luke 19:7

But when the people saw this, they shook their heads. “What is he doing?” they grumbled out loud. “Why would he go into the house of an outcast?”

Luke 18:11

“The Separated One (Pharisee) kept his distance from the tribal tax collector and prayed out loud, ‘Creator, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humankind—like the ones who use force to get from others what they want, or who are not faithful in marriage, or who have no understanding of right or wrong. I thank you also that I am not like this tribal tax collector standing here!

Acts 22:21

“‘Go!’ he said to me. ‘I am sending you far away to the Outside Nations.’”

John 9:34

They puffed up their chests and said, “You were born an outcast, and you think you can teach us?” Then they threw him out and banned him from his gathering house.

John 9:28

“You are his follower!” they said with disrespect in their voices. “We follow Drawn from the Water (Moses),

John 8:48

“Now we have the right to call you a mixed blood from High Place (Samaria) and one who has an evil spirit,” they said to him in anger.

Luke 15:2

But the Separated Ones (Pharisees) and the scroll keepers would complain about this. They would say things like, “This man welcomes outcasts to join him at the table and eat with him.”

Luke 10:29

But the scroll keeper, wanting to look good to others, asked him, “Who are my fellow human beings?”

Romans 14:3

The one who eats all foods must not look down on the one who eats only herbs and plants. In the same way, the one who eats only herbs and plants should not decide the other is wrong, for the Great Spirit has accepted both of them.