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11 The Pharisee, having stood[a], was praying these things to[b] himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not just-like the rest of the people— swindlers, unrighteous ones, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week. I give-a-tenth-of all that I get’. 13 But the tax collector, standing at-a-distance, was not willing even to lift-up his eyes to heaven, but was striking his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful[c] to me, the sinner!’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:11 Or, stood by himself, was praying these things.
  2. Luke 18:11 Or, with-reference-to.
  3. Luke 18:13 Lit, be propitiated to me. That is, turn away your wrath from me, and thus, be merciful to me, forgive me, pardon me.

11 The Pharisee stood by himself(A) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast(B) twice a week and give a tenth(C) of all I get.’

13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast(D) and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’(E)

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