18:9 Jesus 1 also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down 2 on everyone else. 18:10 “Two men went up 3 to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee 4 and the other a tax collector. 5
1 tn Grk “He”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “and despised.” This is a second parable with an explanatory introduction.
3 sn The temple is on a hill in Jerusalem, so one would go up to enter its precincts.
4 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
5 sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.