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"Twomen1went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a taxcollector.
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"The Pharisee2stood and was prayingthis to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not likeotherpeople: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, orevenlikethistaxcollector.
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'I 3fasttwice a week; I 4paytithes of all that I get.'
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"But the taxcollector, 5standingsomedistanceaway, 6was evenunwilling* to lift up his eyes to heaven, but 7was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'