16 Do not be overrighteous,
    neither be overwise—
    why destroy yourself?

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16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?

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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

To some who were confident of their own righteousness(A) and looked down on everyone else,(B) Jesus told this parable:

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And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

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11 The Pharisee stood by himself(A) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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11 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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