Luke 18:9

New Century Version

Jesus told this story to some people who thought they were very good and looked down on everyone else:

Cross References

Proverbs 30:12

Some people think they are pure, but they are not really free from evil.

Isaiah 65:5

But they tell others, ‘Stay away, and don’t come near me. I am too holy for you.’ These people are like smoke in my nose. Like a fire that burns all the time, they continue to make me angry.

Isaiah 66:5

You people who obey the words of the Lord, listen to what he says: “Your brothers hated you and turned against you because you followed me. Your brothers said, ‘Let the Lord be honored so we may see you rejoice,’ but they will be punished.

Leviticus 13:32

On the seventh day the priest must look at the sore. If it has not spread, and there are no yellow hairs growing in it, and the sore does not seem deeper than the skin,

Luke 10:29

But the man, wanting to show the importance of his question, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 15:2

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to complain: “Look, this man welcomes sinners and even eats with them.”

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God’s sight.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood alone and prayed, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people who steal, cheat, or take part in adultery, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 19:7

All the people saw this and began to complain, “Jesus is staying with a sinner!”

Luke 7:39

When the Pharisee who asked Jesus to come to his house saw this, he thought to himself, “If Jesus were a prophet, he would know that the woman touching him is a sinner!”

John 8:48

They answered, “We say you are a Samaritan and have a demon in you. Are we not right?”

John 9:28

Then they insulted him and said, “You are his follower, but we are followers of Moses.

John 9:34

They answered, “You were born full of sin! Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out.

Acts 22:21

But the Lord said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the other nations.’ ”

Romans 10:3

Because they did not know the way that God makes people right with him, they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

Romans 14:10

So why do you judge your brothers or sisters in Christ? And why do you think you are better than they are? We will all stand before God to be judged,

Romans 14:3

The one who knows that it is right to eat any kind of food must not reject the one who eats only vegetables. And the person who eats only vegetables must not think that the one who eats all foods is wrong, because God has accepted that person.

Romans 7:9

I was alive before I knew the law. But when the law’s command came to me, then sin began to live,