The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Pastor Scott Brenner Luke 18:9-14
[18:9] Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
[18:10] "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
[18:11] "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men--extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
[18:12] 'I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'
[18:13] "And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'
[18:14] "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."