Luke 18:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ “Two men went up to the Temple [courts] to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector [^Cdespised by their fellow Jews because they worked for the hated Romans and were notorious for extortion]. ¹¹ The Pharisee ·stood alone and prayed [or stood and prayed about himself], ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—thieves, ·cheaters [evildoers; unrighteous people], adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week [^CPharisees commonly fasted on Monday and Thursday], and I ·give one-tenth of [pay tithes on] everything I get!’