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The Parable of the Pharisee & the
Tax Collector
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in
themselves that they were righteous, and despised
others: Two men went up into the
temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men
are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this
publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all
that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off,
would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but
smote upon 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 every one that
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
Luke 18: 9-14
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