Luke 18:8-15

English Standard Version

⁸ I tell you, he will give justice to them ^(A)speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, ^(B)will he find faith on earth?”

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

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

Let the Children Come to Me

^15 (P)Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they ^(Q)rebuked them.