What if your Bible study could go deeper, without taking longer?
Between work, family, and everything else, finding time to read Scripture can feel like one more thing on the to-do list. You don't need more hours in your day to go deeper. You just need better tools for the hours you already have. Bible Gateway Plus gives you those tools.
Here's what that looks like in the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector—in three easy steps.
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1. See what you've been missing between translations.
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Compare Bible translations side by side. Same verse. Two completely different windows into what it means.
Luke 18:11-12 (NKJV)
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’
Luke 18:11-12 (NIV)
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
With Bible Gateway, you can pull up any translation—instantly, in the same view—without losing your place or opening a new tab.
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2. Get a scholar's insight in 30 seconds.
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Comparing translations shows you how the verse is worded. But if the wording doesn't differ much, what's your next step? Notice how the Pharisee uses "I" five times in two verses? Open a commentary with Bible Gateway Plus! The Believer's Bible Commentary provides additional insight:
18:9–12 The next parable is addressed to people who pride themselves on being righteous, and who despise all others as inferior. By labeling the first man as a Pharisee, the Savior did not leave any doubt as to the particular class of people He was addressing. Although the Pharisee went through the motions of prayer, he was really not speaking to God. He was rather boasting of his own moral and religious attainments. Instead of comparing himself with God’s perfect standard and seeing how sinful he really was, he compared himself with others in the community and prided himself on being better. His frequent repetition of the personal pronoun I reveals the true state of his heart as conceited and self-sufficient.
Bible Gateway Plus gives you access to 70+ resources, 30+ study Bibles, and 15+ commentaries—right alongside the passage, no separate library required.
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3. Highlight and reflect—now with something
worth saving and coming back to.
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Highlight the verse. Add a note. Come back to your saved notes tomorrow. Your reflections live alongside the verse so nothing gets lost between Sunday and Saturday.
Three steps. A few minutes. The same depth, without the search.
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Built for the Christian who wants to go deeper—even when life gives you 15 minutes instead of an hour. Scripture was meant to be sat with, questioned, and returned to. Bible Gateway Plus gives you the commentary, the translations, and the notes to do exactly that—all inside the Bible you're already reading.
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