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Luke 18:9

Weymouth NT

And to some who relied on themselves as being righteous men, and looked down upon all others, He addressed this parable.

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But he, desiring to justify himself, said, »But what is meant by my `fellow man'?«

and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, »He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!«

»You are they,« He said to them, »who boast of their own goodness before men, but God sees your hearts; for that which holds a proud position among men is detestable in God's sight.

The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: »`O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people–I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

When they all saw this, they began to complain with indignation. »He has gone in to be the guest of a notorious sinner!« they said.

Noticing this, the Pharisee, His host, said to himself, »This man, if he were really a Prophet, would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him–and would know that she is an immoral woman.«

»Are we not right,« answered the Jews, »in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?«

Then they railed at him, and said, »You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

»You,« they replied, »were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do you teach us?« And they put him out of the synagogue.

»`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'«

Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

But you, why do you find fault with your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon your brother? We shall all stand before God to be judged;

Let not him who eats certain food look down upon him who abstains from it, nor him who abstains from it find fault with him who eats it; for God has received both of them.

Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;




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