Lucas 18

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 Also He spoke this parable to some *Prov. 30:12; Luke 10:29; 16:15who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.11 The Pharisee *Ps. 135:2stood and prayed thus with himself, *Is. 1:15; 58:2; Rev. 3:17‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’13 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!’14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; *Job 22:29; Matt. 23:12; Luke 14:11; (James 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:5)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."