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Luke 18:11-13
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Luke 18:11-13
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
11 The Pharisee [a]took his stand ostentatiously and began to pray thus before and with himself: God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—extortioners (robbers), swindlers [unrighteous in heart and life], adulterers—or even like this tax collector here.
12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I gain.
13 But the tax collector, [merely] standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast, saying, O God, be favorable (be gracious, be merciful) to me, the [b]especially wicked sinner that I am!
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 18:11 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Luke 18:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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