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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 18:14

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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18:14 Jesus’ conclusion that only the tax collector went home justified before God would have shocked Jesus’ audience, who regarded Pharisees as righteous and tax collectors as wicked. • those who exalt themselves will be humbled: See 1:52-53; 6:21, 25; 10:15; 14:11; 16:19-31.
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