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Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they
were righteous, and despised others:
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“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a
Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself,
‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust,
adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
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I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I
possess.’
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And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his
eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a
sinner!’
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I tell you, this man went down to his house
justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be
humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” |