GOSPEL READING: LUKE 18:9-14
This parable is addressed to those who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised the others. The Pharisees were proud of themselves and their goodness. They thought themselves as holy as they needed to be and in fact holier than all their neighbours. They had confidence in themselves before God and they depended upon the merit of their own righteousness.
They thought that they had made God their debtor and they might demand anything from him. They also despised others and looked upon them with contempt as not worthy to be compared with them. These two men went up to pray and it was not the hour of public prayer. It was the time of their personal devotion. This parable revealed their attitude to God, the other and prayer.
இருவர் ஜெபிக்கச் செல்கின்றனர். பொது ஜெப நேரம் அல்ல. தனி ஜெபத்திறக்காகச் செல்கின்;றனர். இந்த உவமை அவர்களுடைய மனநிலையை வெளிப்படுத்துகின்றது. ஜெப நேரத்தில் அவர்களுடைய மனநிலை: தங்களைப்பற்றி> அடுத்திருப்பவரைப்பற்றி> கடவுளைப்பற்றி எப்படி இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று இந்த உவமை கூறுகிறது.
