Gospel: Luke 18:9–14
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on
everybody else, Jesus told this parable:
10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a
tax collector. 11 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. 12 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.’
14 Jesus Said, “I tell you that this tax collector, rather than the man, went home
justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and
he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
This is the Gospel of our Lord.
Praise be to you, O Christ!