Luke 18:9-14
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 He also told this parable to some awho trusted bin themselves that they were righteous, cand treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men awent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, astanding by himself, prayed bthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 aI fast twice a week; bI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, astanding far off, bwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but cbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, dbe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For aeveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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