Luke 18:9-17

⁹To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

¹⁰“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

¹¹The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men —swindlers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector.

¹²I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

¹³But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

¹⁴I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹⁵Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.

¹⁶But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

¹⁷Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

— Luke 18:9-17

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Cross References for Luke 18:9-17

• Luke 16:15
• Luke 14:11
• Isaiah 65:5
• Proverbs 30:12
• James 4:10
• 1 John 1:8-10
• Ezra 9:6
• 1 Timothy 1:15
• Matthew 23:12
• Matthew 6:5

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