9 And He alsotoldthisparable to somepeople who 1trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and 2viewedothers with contempt:
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"Twomen3went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a taxcollector.
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"The Pharisee4stood and was prayingthis to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not likeotherpeople: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, orevenlikethistaxcollector.
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'I 5fasttwice a week; I 6paytithes of all that I get.'
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"But the taxcollector, 7standingsomedistanceaway, 8was evenunwilling* to lift up his eyes to heaven, but 9was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'
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"I tell you, thismanwent to his housejustifiedratherthan the other; 10for everyone who exaltshimself will be humbled, but he who humbleshimself will be exalted."