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9 He also told this par­able to some who trus­ted in them­selves that they were right­eous, and treated oth­ers with con­tempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Phar­isee and the other a tax col­lector. 11 The Phar­isee, stand­ing by him­self, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extor­tion­ers, unjust, adulter­ers, or even like this tax col­lector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax col­lector, stand­ing far off, would not even lift up 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. For every­one who exalts him­self will be humbled, but the one who humbles him­self will be exal­ted.” (ESV)