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Luke 18:9

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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:
10“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.11The Pharisee stood up and prayed aboutOr to himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men–robbers, evildoers, adulterers–or even like this tax collector.12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

13“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

14“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”


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Jnswanson - (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.
Jesus was concerned with the self-righteous. I wonder how often tax collectors came asking God for mercy? When he told this story, were those who listened laughing at the thought of a tax collector even going to the temple?
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