Luke 18:9 ¶ He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others: cr 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. cr 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. cr 12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’ cr 13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ cr