The Parables of Jesus: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Gospel Series- The Parables of Jesus:   www.wordinspire.orgParable: “The Pharisee and the Tax Collector”Reference: Luke 18:9-14Theme: Whoever Exalts Himself will be Humbled, and Whoever Humbles Himself will be ExaltedContext: Jesus was confronting the Religious Elite Concerning Self-RighteousnessLuke 18:9-14To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men — robbers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”  Support the show