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"I tell you that He will bringaboutjustice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Mancomes, 1will He findfaith on the earth?"
The Pharisee and the Publican
9 And He alsotoldthisparable to somepeople who 2trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and 3viewedothers with contempt:
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"Twomen4went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a taxcollector.
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"The Pharisee5stood and was prayingthis to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not likeotherpeople: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, orevenlikethistaxcollector.
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'I 6fasttwice a week; I 7paytithes of all that I get.'
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"But the taxcollector, 8standingsomedistanceaway, 9was evenunwilling* to lift up his eyes to heaven, but 10was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'
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"I tell you, thismanwent to his housejustifiedratherthan the other; 11for everyone who exaltshimself will be humbled, but he who humbleshimself will be exalted."
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12And they were bringingeven their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciplessaw it, they began rebuking them.
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But Jesuscalled for them, saying, "Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of Godbelongs to such as these.
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"Truly I say to you, 13whoever* does not receive the kingdom of Godlike a child will not enter it at all."
The Rich Young Ruler
1814A rulerquestioned Him, saying, "GoodTeacher, what shall I do to inheriteternallife?"