Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

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.”