³⁹ And the Lord said to him, ^(A)“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of ^(B)greed and wickedness. ^40 (C)You fools! ^(D)Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But ^(E)give as alms those things that are within, and behold, ^(F)everything is clean for you.

^42 (G)“But woe to you Pharisees! For ^(H)you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect ^(I)justice and ^(J)the love of God. ^(K)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. ⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! For ^(L)you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴ Woe to you! ^(M)For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹ He also told this parable to some ^(A)who trusted ^(B)in themselves that they were righteous, ^(C)and treated others with contempt: ¹⁰ “Two men ^(D)went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee, ^(E)standing by himself, prayed^{[a] (F)}thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ^12 (G)I fast twice a week; ^(H)I give tithes of all that I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, ^(I)standing far off, ^(J)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^(K)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, ^(L)be merciful to me, a sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^(M)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”