Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

^9 Also He spoke this parable to some ^ewho trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: ^10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ^11 The Pharisee ^fstood and prayed thus with himself, ^g‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ^12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ ^13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ ^14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; ^hfor everyone who exalts himself will be ⁴humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”