Luke 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
KJV
Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης.
Greek NT
Duo homines ascenderunt in templum ut orarent : unus pharisæus et alter publicanus.
Vulgate
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
ASV
Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
τελώνης
telones
noun · 21×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
ἱερόν
ieron
noun · 72×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ | NIV/RP: ὁ
- ὁ — SBLGNT
- ὁ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
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Parable
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2559"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God."2 But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart?3 He who humbles himself will be exalted;4 humility is the foundation of prayer, Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought,…
§2613Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend,"75 invites us to urgent prayer: "Knock, and it will be opened to you." To the one who prays like this, the heavenly Father will "give whatever he needs," and above all the Holy Spirit who contains all gifts. - the second, "the importunate widow,"76 is centered on one of t…
The prophets were sent from one and the same Father from whom the Son was sent. 1. Which [God] the Lord does not reject, nor does He say that the prophets [spoke] from another god than His Father; nor from any other essence, but from one and the same Father; nor that any other being made the things in the world, except His own Father, when He speaks as follows in His teaching: …
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 10:18 — For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
- Luke 5:32 — I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Matt 5:20 — For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Matt 6:5 — And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
- Matt 21:31 — Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.