The Parables of Jesus
74. Pharisee and Publican
Revised Standard Version Last Revised: 5/14/00

Matthew	Mark	Luke
		18:9-14 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:  10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.  12 I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.  13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a sinner!  14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

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