A Tax Collector and a Pharisee Go to the Temple

Rarely does one Greek term have the potential to shift the meaning of a passage like the simple Greek term para in Luke 18:14. Here are some translations, and the italicized word(s) reflect the translation of para.

NRSVue: this man went down to his home justified rather than the other…

NIV: this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God.

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