Aug. 18, 2024

Luk 18:9  He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. 

Luk 18:10  “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 

Luk 18:11  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. 

Luk 18:12  I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’ 

Luk 18:13  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!’ 

Luk 18:14  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.”