30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet (A)honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, (B)and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.”

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43 (A)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

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44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and (A)do not seek the glory that comes from (B)the only God?

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13 And the Lord said:
“Because (A)this people (B)draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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having the appearance of godliness, but (A)denying its power. (B)Avoid such people.

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The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but (A)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness

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