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And He spoke this parable unto certain ones who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
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"Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
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The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'
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And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a sinner!'
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I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."