{This man} (houtos). This despised publican referred to
contemptuously in verse  11  as "this" (houtos) publican.
{Rather than the other} (par' ekeinon). In comparison with
(placed beside) that one. A neat Greek idiom after the perfect
passive participle dedikaiomenos. {For} (hoti). This moral
maxim Christ had already used in  14:11 . Plummer pertinently
asks: "Why is it assumed that Jesus did not repeat his sayings?"