mnt@Luke:18:9 @ Moreover he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, and looked down upon the rest.
mnt@Luke:18:10 @ "Two men are going up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-gatherer.
mnt@Luke:18:11 @ "The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;
mnt@Luke:18:12 @ "I fast twice a week, I pay tithes of all my possessions.
mnt@Luke:18:13 @ "But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "O God be merciful to me, the sinner!
mnt@Luke:18:14 @ "I tell you that this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself shall be humbled; but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."