NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 13

Luke 18:13

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But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

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Luke 18:10–16

10

“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

11

The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

12

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

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But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

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I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

15

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

16

Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

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