The Pharisee and the Tax collector

Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week I give tithes of all that I get. But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be merciful to see, a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one who exalts himself wil be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.