The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this:

‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, 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 away, wouldn’t 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 everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:9-14)