Luke 18:9. And He told this Parable also to some of those who were confident that they were righteous, even treating the rest with contempt: 10. “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11. When the Pharisee stood he was praying aloud these things for himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of the people, swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector: 12. I fast twice a week, I tithe everything that I acquire.’ 13. But then the tax collector stood far off and did not want to lift up his eyes to heaven, but he was beating his chest saying, ‘God, You must now be merciful to me, the sinner.’ 14. I say to you, this one went down to his house having been made righteous by that: because everyone who raises himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be lifted up.”