Luke:18:9-14

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* And he spoke also to some , who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men ], this parable : * Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one a Pharisee , and the other a tax-gatherer . * The Pharisee , standing , prayed thus to himself : God , I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men , rapacious , unjust , adulterers , or even as this tax-gatherer . * I fast twice in the week , I tithe everything I gain . * And the tax-gatherer , standing afar off , would not lift up even his eyes to heaven , but smote upon his breast , saying , O God , have compassion on me , the sinner . * I say unto you , This [man ] went down to his house justified rather than that [other ]. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled , and he that humbles himself shall be exalted .

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