There are those who are pure in their own eyes, yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.
Luke 18:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [that they were upright and in right standing with God] and scorned and made nothing of all the rest of men: American Standard Version (1901) And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: Common English Bible Jesus told this parable to certain people who had convinced themselves that they were righteous and who looked on everyone else with disgust: Catholic Public Domain Version Now about certain persons who consider themselves to be just, while disdaining others, he told also this parable: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable: |
There are those who are pure in their own eyes, yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.
who say, “Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: Your own people who hate you and reject you for my name’s sake have said, “Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy,” but it is they who shall be put to shame.
On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin,
But wanting to vindicate himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.
The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.”
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
Then they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out.
Then he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the gentiles.’ ”
Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat, for God has welcomed them.
I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived