74 Pharisee and Publican

The Parables of Jesus

74. Pharisee and Publican Last Revised: 5/14/00
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18:9-14

9 Ei\pen de; kai; prov" tina" tou;" pepoiqovta" ejf j eJautoi'" o&ti eijsi;n divkaioi kai; ejxouqenou'nta" tou;" loipou;" th;n parabolh;n tauvthn^.
10 #Anqrwpoi duvo ajnevbhsan eij" to; iJero;n proseuvxasqai, oJ ei|" Farisai'o" kai; oJ e&tero" telwvnh". 11 oJ Farisai'o" staqei;" pro;" eJauto;n tau'ta proshuvceto, JO qeov", eujcaristw' soi o&ti oujk eijmi; w&sper oiJ loipoi; tw'n ajnqrwvpwn, a&rpage", a[dikoi, moicoiv, h] kai; wJ" ou|to" oJ telwvnh"^.12 nhsteuvw di;" tou' sabbavtou, ajpodekatw' pavnta o&sa ktw'mai.
13 oJ de; telwvnh" makrovqen eJstw;" oujk h[qelen oujde; tou;" ojfqalmou;" ejpa'rai eij" to;n oujranovn, ajll j e[tupten to; sth'qo" aujtou' levgwn, JO qeov", iJlavsqhtiv moi tw'/ aJmartwlw'/. 14 levgw uJmi'n, katevbh ou|to" dedikaiwmevno" eij" to;n oi\kon aujtou' par j ejkei'non^. o&ti pa'" oJ uJyw'n eJauto;n tapeinwqhvsetai, oJ de; tapeinw'n eJauto;n uJywqhvsetai.

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."