Luke 18:10-12

The Voice

Jesus: ¹⁰ Imagine two men walking up a road, going to the temple to pray. One of them is a Pharisee and the other is a despised tax collector. ¹¹ Once inside the temple, the Pharisee stands up and prays this prayer in honor of himself: “God, how I thank You that I am not on the same level as other people—crooks, cheaters, the sexually immoral—like this tax collector over here. ¹² Just look at me! I fast not once but twice a week, and I faithfully pay my tithes on every penny of income.”