Luke 18:9-14

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Pharisee and the Publican

⁹ And 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 temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee ^(D)stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, 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 lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^(I)was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be ^[a]merciful to me, the sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; ^(J)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”