9 He also told this parable to some cwho trusted din themselves that they were righteous, eand treated others with contempt:
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Luke 16:15
And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
Proverbs 30:12
There are those who are clean in their own eyes
but are not washed of their filth.
Isaiah 65:5
who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
John 7:48–49
Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
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