This man (ουτος). This despised publican referred to contemptuously in verse 11 as "this" (ουτος) publican.

Rather …

I tell you. The Pharisees would have said that the first man here was approved. Jesus assures them that they judged erroneously. God judge…

This man went down to his house, justified rather than the other.—The Greek participle is in the perfect, implying a comp…

Saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone that exalteth…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Since faith is a gift not for the proud but for the humble, our Lord goes on to add a parable about humi…

The description speaks for itself. The tax collector (see comment on Mk 2:14) was one of the social outcasts so prominent in Luke as recipients of …

This man went down justified. The comparison is not exact, for Christ does not merely assign to the publican a certain degree of …

I tell you that this man
The publican that so freely owned himself to be a sinner, and by his carriage acknowledged …

This parable was to convince some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others. God sees with what disposition and design…