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Luke 18:9
And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
Luke 18:9 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 18:9 in other translations
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
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In context
6 And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?
8 I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?
9 And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
11 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.
12 I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.
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