LUKE 18:11 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative, red:negative.
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ULT The Pharisee, standing, was praying these things about himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men—robbers, unrighteous, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

UST The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself in this way, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like other people. Some steal money from others. Some treat others unjustly. Some commit adultery. I do not do any of those things. And I am certainly not like this sinful tax collector who cheats people!

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

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

BLB The Pharisee having stood, was praying toward himself thus: 'God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of the men--swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers--or even like this tax collector.

AICNT The Pharisee, standing [by himself][fn], prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

18:11, by himself: Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01) Latin(b ff² i)

OEB The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way – “God, I thank you that I am not like other men – thieves, rogues, adulterers – or even like this tax-gatherer.

WEBBE The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers – or even like this tax collector.

LSV the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank You that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector;

FBV The Pharisee stood up and prayed to himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—cheats, criminals,[fn] adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

18:11 Literally, “unright.”

TCNT The Pharisee stood [fn]by himself and prayed like this: ‘God, I thank yoʋ that I am not like other people: swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

18:11 by himself and prayed 95.8% ¦ and prayed about himself TH WH 2.1%

T4T The Pharisee stood and prayed silently, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men. Some extort money from others; some treat others unjustly; some commit adultery. I do not do such things. And I am certainly not like this tax collector who cheats people!

LEB The Pharisee stood and[fn] prayed these things with reference to himself: ‘God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people—swindlers, unrighteous people, adulterers, or even like this tax collector!

18:11 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

Moff The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; "I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

Wymth The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "`O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people—I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

ASV The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

DRA The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.

YLT the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

Drby The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: [fn]God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.

18.11 Elohim

RV The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
(The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee/you, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. )

SLT The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.

Wbstr The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are , extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

KJB-1769 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
( The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee/you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. )

KJB-1611 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himselfe, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publicane.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane.
(The pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee/you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publicane.)

Gnva The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
(The Pharise stood and prayed thus with himself, Oh God, I thank thee/you that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. )

Cvdl The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.
(The Pharise stood, and prayed by himself after this manner: I thank the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, unrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.)

TNT The pharise stode and prayed thus with him selfe. God I thanke the that I am not as other men are extorsioners vniuste advoutrers or as this publican.
(The pharise stood and prayed thus with himself. God I thank the that I am not as other men are extorsioners unjuste advoutrers or as this publican. )

Wycl And the Farisee stood, and preiede bi hym silf these thingis, and seide, God, Y do thankyngis to thee, for Y am not as other men, raueinouris, vniust, auoutreris, as also this pupplican;
(And the Farisee stood, and prayed by himself these things, and said, God, I do thankings to thee/you, for I am not as other men, raueinouris, unjust, auoutreris, as also this pupplican;)

Luth Der Pharisäer stund und betete bei ich selbst also: Ich danke dir, GOtt, daß ich nicht bin wie die andern Leute: Räuber, Ungerechte, Ehebrecher oder auch wie dieser Zöllner.
(The Pharisees stood and prayed at/in I himself/itself also: I thanks you/to_you(sg), God, that I not am as/like the change people/folk: robber/bandit, Ungerechte, adulterer or also as/like this Zöllner.)

ClVg Pharisæus stans, hæc apud se orabat: Deus, gratias ago tibi, quia non sum sicut ceteri hominum: raptores, injusti, adulteri, velut etiam hic publicanus:[fn]
(Pharisæus standing, these_things at himself prayed: God, graces ago to_you, because not/no I_am like the_rest of_men: raptores, injusti, adulteri, like/as also this/here publicnus: )

18.11 Deus, gratias, etc. Quatuor sunt species tumoris: cum vel quis bonum quod habet, a se habere æstimat: aut si datum a Deo credit, pro meritis datum putat; aut cum jactat se habere quod non habet; aut cum despectis cæteris appetit singulariter videri habere quæ habet. Hac Pharisæus peste laborabat, qui ideo non justificatus descendit, quia merita bonorum operum sibi singulariter tribuens, publicano se prætulit.

18.11 God, graces, etc. Four are in_appearances tumoris: when/with or who/any good that has, from himself to_have brasstimat: or when/but_if given/present(n) from to_God he_believes, for merits given/present(n) thinks; or when/with yactat himself to_have that not/no has; or when/with despiseds the_rests appetit uniquely/especially to_seem to_have which has. Hac Pharisæus plague workabat, who/which therefore/for_that_reason not/no justificatus came_down, because merits of_goods works to_himself uniquely/especially tribuens, publicno himself preferred.

UGNT ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς ταῦτα πρὸς ἑαυτὸν προσηύχετο, ὁ Θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης;
(ho Farisaios statheis tauta pros heauton prosaʸuⱪeto, ho Theos, euⱪaristō soi hoti ouk eimi hōsper hoi loipoi tōn anthrōpōn, harpages, adikoi, moiⱪoi, aʸ kai hōs houtos ho telōnaʸs;)

SBL-GNT ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς ⸂πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα⸃ προσηύχετο· Ὁ θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ⸀ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης·
(ho Farisaios statheis ⸂pros heauton tauta⸃ prosaʸuⱪeto; Ho theos, euⱪaristō soi hoti ouk eimi ⸀hōsper hoi loipoi tōn anthrōpōn, harpages, adikoi, moiⱪoi, aʸ kai hōs houtos ho telōnaʸs;)

RP-GNT Ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα προσηύχετο, Ὁ θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης.
(Ho Farisaios statheis pros heauton tauta prosaʸuⱪeto, Ho theos, euⱪaristō soi hoti ouk eimi hōsper hoi loipoi tōn anthrōpōn, harpages, adikoi, moiⱪoi, aʸ kai hōs houtos ho telōnaʸs.)

TC-GNT Ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς [fn]πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα προσηύχετο, Ὁ Θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης.
(Ho Farisaios statheis pros heauton tauta prosaʸuⱪeto, Ho Theos, euⱪaristō soi hoti ouk eimi hōsper hoi loipoi tōn anthrōpōn, harpages, adikoi, moiⱪoi, aʸ kai hōs houtos ho telōnaʸs. )

18:11 προς εαυτον ταυτα 95.8% ¦ ταυτα προς εαυτον TH WH 2.1%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 18:9–14: Jesus told a parable about praying in a humble way

In this section Jesus told a parable about how to pray with an attitude that God will approve. Jesus told this parable especially for people who thought that they were already righteous and better than other people. The parable shows that God wants people to come before him humbly and ask for his forgiveness.

Some examples of headings for this section are:

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (GNT)

Jesus told a story about two men who prayed

This parable is only found in Luke.

18:11a

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed,

The Pharisee stood and began to pray about himself. He said:
The Pharisee stood proudly and talked to God about himself, saying,

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: There is a textual issue in this clause.The main textual options seem to be: 1) “stood these things to himself praying.” This is the more difficult reading. The UBS Greek NT Editorial Committee recommends it but gives it a D rating, indicating great uncertainty. 2) “stood to himself these things praying.” This option has the most external evidence. 3) “stood according to himself these things praying.” The committee considers this to be a slight modification of the text in order to make interpreting (1) less difficult. 4) “stood to himself praying.” 5) “stood these things praying.” Options (4) and (5) amount to omitting the difficult sequences, and the committee did not regard them as original (Metzger, 1971, p. 168). that affects the way scholars interpret it.Some of the interpretations are: (1) The Pharisee prayed about himself. The NET has: “prayed about himself.” (NET, NIV). (2) The Pharisee prayed to himself. He was pretending to pray to God, but he was really only talking to himself. The NJB has: “prayed this prayer to himself” (possibly KJV, RSV). (3) The Pharisee prayed silently. He did not speak loudly enough for others to hear him because of what he was saying as he prayed. This may be the meaning of the KJV and RSV “prayed thus with himself” in interpretation (2). (4) The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, standing away from others who were praying. This interpretation is based on a different order of the words in the Greek text. The GNT says: “stood apart by himself and prayed.” (BSB, GNT, NLT, CEV, NCV) (5) The words need not be translated explicitly. In Aramaic, the language Jesus was speaking, they simply emphasized the verb. The REB says: “The Pharisee stood up and prayed this prayer…” (REB, GW) The issue concerns the placement of the phrase by himself:

Some Greek manuscripts indicate that the phrase goes with prayed. For example:
The Pharisee stood and began praying this in regard to himself (NASB) (NET, NIV, RSV, NJB, NASB, KJV, JBP)
Other Greek manuscripts indicate that the phrase goes with stood. For example:
The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed (GNT) (BSB, NIV11, GNT, NRSV, CEV, NCV, NLT, ESV)
Some Greek manuscripts do not translate the phrase. For example:
The Pharisee stood up and prayed (GW) (GW, REB)

It is recommended that you follow option (1). However, there is also good evidence for option (2). If the major language version in your area chooses it, you may also decide to follow it. You may want to mention the option you do not follow in a footnote. For example:

Some manuscripts have “stood by himself and prayed these things.”

stood by himself: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as stood by himself indicates that the Pharisee prayed in a standing position. This was a common way for Jewish men to pray in public places. It does not imply that the Pharisee had previously been sitting or lying down.

prayed: The previous notes recommended that you translate the phrase that the BSB translates as “by himself” with the word prayed. There are different ways to interpret the preposition that the BSB translates as “by”:These different interpretations stem partly from different meanings of the Greek preposition pros that the BSB translates as “by” and partly from cultural and religious factors. The Notes group the interpretations on the basis of the meaning of the preposition, either (1) “about” or (2) “to.”

It means that the Pharisee was talking to God about himself. For example:
prayed about himself (NIV) (NIV, NET)
It means that he was praying to himself. This may indicate that he was praying proudly, silently, or to himself rather than to God. For example:
prayed thus with himself (RSV) (RSV, NASB, KJV, JBP, NJB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). It has a clear meaning, and it has good support from scholars.These scholars include Hultgren (p. 122), Liefeld (p. 1002), Nolland (p. 875), Lenski (p. 900), Stein (p. 449), and Fitzmyer (p. 1186).

Interpretation (2) has several variations. English versions use expressions like “to” or “with” that are ambiguous here. Each variation has support from respected scholars. If the major language version in your area uses one of these variations, you may decide to follow it.

18:11b–d

In 18:11b the Pharisee thanked God that he was not like other people. In 18:11c–d he gave specific examples of ways that he was not like them. In some languages it may be more natural to change the order of clauses and give specific examples before the general statement. For example:

^11bI thank you, God, that I am not ^11cgreedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, ^11blike everybody else. ^11dI thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there. (GNT)

Use a natural order in your language.

18:11b

‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—

‘God, I thank you^(sing) that I am not sinful like other people.
‘My God, I thank you^(sing) that I am more righteous than other people are.

God: The Pharisee was speaking to God. Use a natural way in your language to address God in prayer. For example:

My God

O God

I thank You that I am not like the other men: Here the Pharisee told God what he was thankful for. Some other ways to say this are:

I say thank you that I am not like other men

I praise you that I am not like other men

This clause introduces a list that gives examples of what other men did. Introduce the list in a natural way in your language. For example:

I say thank you that I am not like other men. As for me, I am not….

I thank you that I am not like other men. For I do not….

I am not like the other men: The clause I am not like the other men indicates that the Pharisee thought that he was not sinful like other men. He thought that he was more righteous than they were. In some languages it may be necessary to make this explicit. For example:

I am not evil/sinful like other men

I do not sin like other men

The phrase can also be translated without using a negative word like not. For example:

I am different from other men

I am more righteous than other men

the other men: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as the other men refers to other people in general. It includes women as well as men. For example:

I am not like other people

18:11c

swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—

They rob/cheat people, act unjustly, and commit adultery.
I am not greedy, I am not dishonest, and I have not committed adultery.
They rob/cheat people, they have sex with people they are not married to, and they do other evil/unjust things.

swindlers, evildoers, adulterers: Here the Pharisee gave three examples of sins that he thought other people committed. The Pharisee implied that all people except him were evil in some way.

In some languages it may be more natural to translate with verbs, adjectives, or short clauses. For example:

…greedy, dishonest, adulterous… (REB)

they rob people, they do evil, and they commit adultery

It is also possible to use negative statements with the Pharisee as the subject. For example:

I’m not a robber or a dishonest person. I haven’t committed adultery. (GW)

I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage (CEV)

swindlers: The Greek word that the BSB translates as swindlers refers to people who rob or cheat others. It often implies that they take things by force. The word can also refer to people who are greedy for money or possessions. Jesus used a different form of this word in 11:39 to describe Pharisees. There the BSB translates the word as “greed.” Some other ways to translate it are:

robbers (NIV)

They cheat people

I am not greedy (GNT)

evildoers: The Greek word that the BSB translates as evildoers is literally “unjust/unrighteous.” It refers to people who do things that are not right. They act in an unjust way, and they are dishonest. They do not obey God’s law. Some ways to translate it are:

dishonest (GNT)

unjust (NASB)

unrighteous people (NET)

adulterers: The Greek word that the BSB translates as adulterers refers to people who have sexual intercourse with someone they are not married to. Some adulterers are married people, and others are not married but they have sex with someone who is married to someone else. In some languages it may be more natural to translate this with a descriptive phrase or clause. For example:

they have sex with people they are not married to

I do not have sexual relations with anyone I have not married

18:11d

or even like this tax collector.

I am also not like this tax collector.
And I thank you^(sing) that I am not evil like that person/fellow who collects money for the government.

or even like this tax collector: Here the Pharisee referred to the tax collector as a particular example of “other men” (18:11b) who were sinners. He probably did not imply that the tax collector was better or worse than the evildoers whom he mentioned in 18:11c. Some ways to translate this are:

or, for that matter, like this tax-collector (REB)

I’m certainly not like that tax collector! (NLT)

I am also not like that tax collector.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ταῦτα πρὸς ἑαυτὸν προσηύχετο, ὁ Θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης

these_‹things› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθείς ταῦτα πρός ἑαυτόν προσηύχετο Ὁ Θεός εὐχαριστῶ σοί ὅτι οὐκ εἰμί ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποί τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἅρπαγες ἀδικοῖ μοιχοί ἤ καί ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [prayed about himself and thanked God that he was not like other people, who were robbers, unrighteous, and adulterers, or even like the tax collector who was there]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / youformal

εὐχαριστῶ σοι

˱I˲_˓am˒_giving_thanks (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθείς ταῦτα πρός ἑαυτόν προσηύχετο Ὁ Θεός εὐχαριστῶ σοί ὅτι οὐκ εἰμί ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποί τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἅρπαγες ἀδικοῖ μοιχοί ἤ καί ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης)

Here, the pronoun you is singular because the Pharisee is addressing God. If your language has a formal form of you that it uses to address a superior respectfully, you may wish to use that form here. Alternatively, it might be effective to show this man addressing God using a familiar form, as if he could presume on God’s friendship and approval. Use your best judgment about what form to use.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθείς ταῦτα πρός ἑαυτόν προσηύχετο Ὁ Θεός εὐχαριστῶ σοί ὅτι οὐκ εἰμί ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποί τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἅρπαγες ἀδικοῖ μοιχοί ἤ καί ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης)

The Pharisee is using the term men in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: [other people]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἅρπαγες

swindling

The word robbers describes people who steal from other people by forcing them to give things to them. Your language may have a specific term for this kind of person. Alternate translation: [bandits]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἄδικοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθείς ταῦτα πρός ἑαυτόν προσηύχετο Ὁ Θεός εὐχαριστῶ σοί ὅτι οὐκ εἰμί ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποί τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἅρπαγες ἀδικοῖ μοιχοί ἤ καί ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης)

The Pharisee is using the adjective unrighteous as a noun in order to indicate a group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [evildoers]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης