Luke 18:9-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁹ 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:

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple [^[a]enclosure] to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

¹¹ The Pharisee ^[b]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.