Luke 18:10-14 (Gospel)
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- “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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- The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men – extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
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- I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’
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- 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!’
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- I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”