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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:
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Two men went up into the temple a to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.
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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.
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I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain. b13
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.
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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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