Luke 18:9-14 (New International Version)
View In My BibleThe Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness1 and looked down on everybody else,2 Jesus told this parable: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray,3 one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up4 and prayed abouta himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast5 twice a week and give a tenth6 of all I get.' 13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast7 and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'8 14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."9Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)
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