Luke 18:12-14

The Voice

¹² Just look at me! I fast not once but twice a week, and I faithfully pay my tithes on every penny of income.” ¹³ Over in the corner, the tax collector begins to pray, but he won’t even lift his eyes to heaven. He pounds on his chest in sorrow and says, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!”

¹⁴ Now imagine these two men walking back down the road to their homes. Listen, it’s the tax collector who walks home clean before God, and not the Pharisee, because whoever lifts himself up will be put down and whoever takes a humble place will be lifted up.