¹³ But go and learn ^[a](A)what this means: ‘^(B)I desire ^[b]compassion, ^[c]and not sacrifice,’ for ^(C)I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

³ So He told them this parable, saying, ⁴ “^(A)What man among you, if he has one hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the ^[a]open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? ⁵ And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ ⁷ I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

¹⁰ “Two men ^(A)went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee ^(B)stood and was praying these things to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ¹² I ^(C)fast twice a week; I ^(D)pay tithes of all that I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, ^(E)standing some distance away, ^(F)was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^(G)was ^[a]beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be ^[b]merciful to me, the sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other, ^(H)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”