Two people entered the temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee, standing, prayed to himself like this: “God! I thank You that I am not like other people, robbers, offenders, adulterers, or like this publican: I fast twice a week, I give a tenth of everything I acquire.”
The publican, standing in the distance, did not even dare to raise his eyes to heaven. But, hitting himself on the chest, he said: “God! Be merciful to me, a sinner!
I tell you that this one went to his house justified more than the other: for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru