18:9 Jesus 16 also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down 17 on everyone else. 18:10 “Two men went up 18 to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee 19 and the other a tax collector. 20 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 21 ‘God, I thank 22 you that I am not like other people: 23 extortionists, 24 unrighteous people, 25 adulterers – or even like this tax collector. 26 18:12 I fast twice 27 a week; I give a tenth 28 of everything I get.’ 18:13 The tax collector, however, stood 29 far off and would not even look up 30 to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful 31 to me, sinner that I am!’ 32 18:14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified 33 rather than the Pharisee. 34 For everyone who exalts 35 himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
21:28 “What 38 do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 21:29 The boy answered, 39 ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart 40 and went. 21:30 The father 41 went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, 42 ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go. 21:31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” 43 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, 44 tax collectors 45 and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!