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10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

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31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.(A) 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and even after you saw it you did not change your minds and believe him.(B)

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When Paul noticed that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the council, “Brothers,[a] I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection[b] of the dead.”(A) When he said this, a dissension began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge all three.)(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.6 Gk Men, brothers
  2. 23.6 Gk concerning hope and resurrection

29 (And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God,[a] having been baptized with John’s baptism.(A) 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law, not having been baptized by him, rejected God’s purpose for themselves.)(B)

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  1. 7.29 Or praised God

“Turn back and say to Hezekiah prince of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.(A)

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30 Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; hear and forgive.(A)

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circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;(A)

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They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I have belonged to the strictest sect of our religion and lived as a Pharisee.(A)

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Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar

One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.(A)

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46 and he said, “It is written,

‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’
    but you have made it a den of robbers.”(A)

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he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to offer incense.(A) 10 Now at the time of the incense offering, the whole assembly of the people was praying outside.(B)

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Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?”

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