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Now He also told this parable to some people who ^(C1)trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and ^(C2)viewed others with contempt:

"Two men ^(C1)went up into the ^(F1)temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

"The Pharisee ^(C1)stood and began praying this in regard to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

'I ^(C1)fast twice a week; I ^(C2)pay tithes of all that I get.'

"But the tax collector, ^(C1)standing some distance away, ^(C2)was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but ^(C3)was beating his chest, saying, 'God, be ^(F1)merciful to me, the sinner!'

"I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; ^(C1)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."