The Pharisee stood and prayed like this to himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like (hōsper | ὥσπερ | particle) the rest of mankind — swindlers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
For just as (hōsper | ὥσπερ | conj) the lightning, when it flashes, lights up from one end of heaven to the other, so will be the Son of Man in his day.
All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as (hōsper | ὥσπερ | conj) a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
“For the kingdom of heaven is like (hōsper | ὥσπερ | conj) a man about to leave on a long trip, who called in his servants and entrusted his money to them.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, you are to treat him as (hōsper | ὥσπερ | particle) a pagan and a tax collector.