Luke 18:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ “The tax collector, however, stood some distance away and would not even raise his eyes to heaven. Rather, he kept beating his breast as he said, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ ¹⁴ This man, I tell you, returned to his home justified, whereas the other did not. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹⁵ Jesus Blesses the Children.^[a] People were bringing even infants to Jesus so that he might touch them. When the disciples observed this, they rebuked them.