The Pharisee and the Publican, watercolor by John Everett Millais (ca.1860),
Aberdeen Art Gallery. [PD-US]
Jesus addressed this parable
to those who were convinced of their own
righteousness
and despised everyone else.
"Two people went up to the temple area to
pray;
one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax
collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this
prayer to himself,
'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of
humanity --
greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this
tax collector.
I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole
income.'
But the tax collector stood off at a distance
and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
but beat his breast and prayed,
'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not
the former;
for whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luke
18:9-14
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