8. I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth? ”
9. He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
10. “Two men went up to the temple complex to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11. The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people — greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’
13. “But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me — a sinner! ’