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380 CHRIST'S TEACHINGS, MIRACLES AND CHURCH
THE PUBLICAN AND THE PHARISEE
To make His teaching clear to those who listened to Him, our Savior told them the following story:
''Two men went up to the Temple to pray. The one was a Pharisee, the other a publican. The Pharisee, standing, prayed, '0 God, I thank Thee that I am not like the rest of men-extortioners, unjust, adulterers -as is also this publican. I fast twice in a week, and I give Thee the tenth part of all that I possess.'
''But the publican stood afar o and would not so much as lift up his eyes to Heaven. He struck his breast, saying, '0 God, be merciful to me, a sinner.' ''
Then Jesus said, "I say to you that this publican went down to his house justi ed rather than the Phar-
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