For He is our God–O that today you hear His voice. Harden not your hearts…” –Psalm 95:7-8 -Image Courtesy: His Mercy Lives
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Jesus told this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else:
“Two men went up into the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a Tax Collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God I thank Thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust and adulterers or even like this Tax Collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.’ — The Tax Collector standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven but beat his breast saying, “God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
If 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
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