9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
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"Two men went up to the temple complex to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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The Pharisee took his stand [a] and was praying like this: 'God, I thank You that I'm not like other people [b] -greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
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I fast twice a week; I give a tenth [c] of everything I get.'
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"But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest [d] and saying, 'God, turn Your wrath from me [e] -a sinner!'
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I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."