Luke 18:6-16

6 And ¹the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said;

7 now, will not God ²bring about justice for His ³elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He ⁴delay long over them?

8 "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, ⁵will He find faith on the earth?"

The Pharisee and the Publican

9 And He also told this parable to some people who ⁶trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and ⁷viewed others with contempt:

10 "Two men ⁸went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

11 "The Pharisee ⁹stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

12 'I ¹⁰fast twice a week; I ¹¹pay tithes of all that I get.'

13 "But the tax collector, ¹²standing some distance away, ¹³was even unwilling * to lift up his eyes to heaven, but ¹⁴was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'

14 "I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; ¹⁵for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

15 ¹⁶And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.