Luke 18:9-10

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:  “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

From Background Notes [BN] for Oct 18th & 19th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

The Pharisee prays largely about himself. The attention falls on himself, and he uses prayer as a means for judging the inadequacy of other people.

Posture: he prays standing up, as if he intends to argue his case. He also makes the case for himself by putting down everybody else... although commenting on his tithe and his fasting.

The Tax Collector prays standing at a distance and sees God as a God of mercy, and himself as a sinner — not because others told him he was, but because he acknowledged himself that way. [BN,4]

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