SCRIPTURE
Luke 18:10–14
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- 18:10
“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
- 18:11
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- 18:12
I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
- 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
- 18:14
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
