Luke Chapter 18, Verse 14/commentary
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I tell you. The Pharisees would have said that the first man here was
approved. Jesus assures them that they judged erroneously. God judges
of this differently from men.
Justified. Accepted or approved of God. The word justify means to declare or treat as righteous. In this case it means that in their prayers the one was approved and the other not; the one went down with the favour of God in answer to his petitions, the other not.
