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Luke 18:9-14

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9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:

10“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

12I fast twice a week and give a tenth 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 and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

14“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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1)       According to verse 9 to whom did Jesus tell the parable?

o   Jesus told the parable to some who

§  Were confident of their own righteousness.

§  And looked down on everyone else.

 

2)       According to what Jesus said in verse 10 who went up to the temple to pray?

o   Two men went up to the temple to pray,

§  One a Pharisee.

§  And the other a tax collector.

 

3)       According to what Jesus said in verses 11 and 12 what did the Pharisee pray about?

o   He thanked God that he was not like other people—

§  Robbers.

§  Evildoers.

§  Adulterers.

§  Or that tax collector who was also praying in the temple.

o   He

§  Fasted twice a week.

§  And gave a tenth of all he got.

 

4)       Whom was the Pharisee exalting in his prayer before God?

o   He was exalting himself.

 

5)       According to what Jesus said in verse 13 what was the demeanor of the tax collector in his prayer before God?

o   He

§  Stood at a distance.

§  Would not even look up to heaven.

§  But beat his breast.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 13 what did the tax collector pray about?

o   He pleaded with God to have mercy on him, a sinner.

 

7)       What was the attitude of the tax collector in his prayer before God?

o   He was

§  Humble.

§  And repentant.

 

8)       According to what Jesus said in verse 14 who went home justified before God, the Pharisee or the tax collector?

o   The tax collector.

 

9)       According to what Jesus said in verse 14 what was the reason he gave for the consequence of justification for the way the Pharisee and the tax collector prayed?

o   For

§  All those who exalt themselves will be humbled.

§  And those who humble themselves will be exalted.

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Luke 18:9-14

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