Luke 18:9-14 NAS
And He also
told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous,
and view others with contempt: "Two
men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax
collector. The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself:
"God, I thank You that I am not like other people;; swindlers,
unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a
week; I pay tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector,
standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to
heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the
sinner!' I tell you this man went to his house justified rather than
the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who
humbles himself will be exalted."
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