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Pharisee - a Christian perspective


In this short parable, Jesus contrasts the attitude of a Pharisee (a religious leader) with that of a poor sinner. The arrogant Pharisee is outwardly more holy, but lacks the "sinner's" spirit of genuine humility and repentance. Guess who God is more pleased with?
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Luke 18:9-14 (KJV)

 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust,…

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“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Today's passage is from the New International Version of the Bible
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