Luke 18:8-14

⁸No, I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of man comes, will he find people on earth who trust in him?”

⁹He also told this story about those who are so sure that they are living right, and who put everybody else down.

¹⁰“Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.

¹¹The Pharisee stood up and prayed to himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—cheats, criminals, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

¹²I fast twice a week, and I pay tithe on my income.’

¹³But the tax collector stood at a distance. He wouldn't even look up to heaven. Instead he beat his chest and prayed, ‘God, please be merciful to me. I am a sinner.’

¹⁴I tell you, it was this man who went home right in God's sight and not the other. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will be exalted.”