en_obs-tn/content/34/06.md

Jesus told them this story

Jesus told this story in the form of a parable. It may or may not refer to an event that actually happened. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables, rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo)

story

See how you translated this term in 34:01.

despised others

That is, “considered other people to be inferior to them” or, “looked down on other people.”

a tax collector…a religious leader

Religious leaders thought that they themselves were the best examples of righteous good people, and they thought that tax collectors were the most unrighteous sinners. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)