Luke 18:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² I fast twice a week [^CPharisees commonly fasted on Monday and Thursday], and I ·give one-tenth of [pay tithes on] everything I get!’

¹³ “[^LBut] The tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even ·look up [^Lraise his eyes] to heaven. But he beat on his chest [^Ca sign of sorrow and remorse] and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ ¹⁴ I tell you, when this man went home, he was ·right with God [justified], ·but the Pharisee was not [^Lrather than that (other) man]. [^LBecause] All who ·make themselves great [exalt themselves] will be made humble, but all who make themselves humble will be ·made great [exalted].”