The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹ He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves, as though they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed these things about himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.