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Luke 18:9
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KJ21
And He spoke this parable unto certain ones who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
ASV
And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
AMP
He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:
AMPC
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:
BRG
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
CSB
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
CSBA
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
CEB
Jesus told this parable to certain people who had convinced themselves that they were righteous and who looked on everyone else with disgust:
CJB
Also, to some who were relying on their own righteousness and looking down on everyone else, he told this parable:
CEV
Jesus told a story to some people who thought they were better than others and who looked down on everyone else:
DARBY
And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:
DLNT
And He also spoke this parable to some putting-confidence upon themselves that they were righteous, and treating the rest with contempt—
DRA
And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
ERV
There were some people who thought they were very good and looked down on everyone else. Jesus used this story to teach them:
EASY
Jesus told a story to teach other people. These people thought that they were very good in front of God. They thought that they were much better than other people.
EHV
Jesus told this parable to certain people who trusted in themselves (that they were righteous) and looked down on others:
ESV
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
ESVUK
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
EXB
Jesus told this ·story [parable] to some people who ·thought they were very good [were confident of their own righteousness] and ·looked down on [scorned; despised] everyone else:
GNV
¶ He spake also this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were just, and despised others.
GW
Jesus also used this illustration with some who were sure that God approved of them while they looked down on everyone else.
GNT
Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else.
HCSB
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
ICB
There were some people who thought that they were very good and looked down on everyone else. Jesus used this story to teach them:
ISV
Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:
PHILLIPS
Then he gave this illustration to certain people who were confident of their own goodness and looked down on others: “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one was a Pharisee, the other was a tax-collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed like this with himself, ‘O God, I do thank you that I am not like the rest of mankind, greedy, dishonest, impure, or even like that tax-collector over there. I fast twice every week; I give away a tenth-part of all my income.’ But the tax-collector stood in a distant corner, scarcely daring to look up to Heaven, and with a gesture of despair, said, ‘God, have mercy on a sinner like me.’ I assure you that he was the man who went home justified in God’s sight, rather than the other one. For everyone who sets himself up as somebody will become a nobody, and the man who makes himself nobody will become somebody.”
JUB
¶ And he spoke this parable unto some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
KJV
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
AKJV
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
LSB
And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
LEB
And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on everyone else:
TLB
Then he told this story to some who boasted of their virtue and scorned everyone else:
MSG
He told his next story to some who were complacently pleased with themselves over their moral performance and looked down their noses at the common people: “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: ‘Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.’
MEV
He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves, as though they were righteous, and despised others:
MOUNCE
He also told · this parable to some who were confident in themselves, because they were righteous, and treated · others with contempt. ·
NOG
Yeshua also used this illustration with some who were sure that God approved of them while they looked down on everyone else.
NABRE
He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.
NASB
Now He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
NASB1995
And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
NCB
He also told the following parable to some people who prided themselves about their own righteousness and regarded others with contempt:
NCV
Jesus told this story to some people who thought they were very good and looked down on everyone else:
NET
Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
NIRV
Jesus told a story to some people who were sure they were right with God. They looked down on everyone else.
NIV
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
NIVUK
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
NKJV
Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
NLV
Jesus told another picture-story to some people who trusted in themselves and thought they were right with God. These people did not think well of other men.
NLT
Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else:
NMB
And he put forth this similitude to certain people who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:
NRSVA
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:
NRSVACE
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:
NRSVCE
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:
NRSVUE
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:
NTFE
He told this next parable against those who trusted in their own righteous standing and despised others.
OJB
And he said this mashal also to some, who have become soimech (confident, putting their trust and being dependent) on themselves that they are tzaddikim and who are despising others. [YESHAYAH 65:5]
RGT
He also spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves (that they were just) and despised others.
RSV
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
RSVCE
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
TLV
Then Yeshua spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, while holding others in contempt.
VOICE
He told another parable—this one addressed to people who were confident in their self-righteousness and looked down on other people with disgust.
WEB
He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
WE
There were some people who thought they were very good. And they thought that other people were not good. Jesus told this story to them.
WYC
And he said also to some men, that trusted in themselves, as they were rightful, and despised others, this parable, saying,
YLT
And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:
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