The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹ Now He also told this parable to some people who ^(A)trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and ^(B)viewed others with contempt: ¹⁰ “Two men ^(C)went up into the ^[a]temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee ^(D)stood and began praying this in regard to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ¹² I ^(E)fast twice a week; I ^(F)pay tithes of all that I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, ^(G)standing some distance away, ^(H)was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but ^(I)was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be ^[b]merciful to me, the sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; ^(J)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

⁶ But ^(A)He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “^(B)God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

^10 (A)Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

^5 (A)You ^[a]younger men, likewise, ^(B)be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with ^(C)humility toward one another, because ^(D)God is opposed to the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.

⁶ Therefore ^(E)humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,