New English Translation

Luke 18:12-15 New English Translation (NET)

12. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

13. The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

14. I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

15. Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.