A moment in scripture
Luke 18:11
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The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 18:9
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
- Luke 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
- Luke 18:12
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
- Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.