He spoke also this
parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness,
and who despised all others. "Two men
went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a
tax collector. The
Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I
am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or
even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week. I give
tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing
far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast,
saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down
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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