Luke 18:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Despised - Εξουθενουντας, Disdained, made nothing of others, treated them with sovereign contempt. Our Lord grants that the Pharisees made clean the outside: but, alas! what pride, vain glory, and contempt for others, were lodged within!