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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.
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Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
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And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
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in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
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Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
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But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
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When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
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I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled.
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(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.
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But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”
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and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
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and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
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So the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
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Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
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David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
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When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
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And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
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But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”
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When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.
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The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
