9. He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.
10. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
11. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector.
12. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’