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Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is a parable of Jesus found in Luke 18:9–14. A Pharisee boasts of his own righteousness, while a tax collector pleads for mercy, and it is the tax collector who goes home justified. The parable teaches humility and the proper attitude in prayer.
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- Luke 18Bible
Luke 18 contains two parables about prayer (the unjust judge, and the Pharisee and the tax collector), Jesus' blessing of little children, his conversation with a rich ruler, a prediction of his passion, and the healing of a blind man near Jericho.
- Parable of the Lost SheepBible
The Parable of the Lost Sheep is a parable of Jesus in which a shepherd with a hundred sheep goes in search of the one that has gone astray and rejoices when he finds it. It appears in Luke 15 and Matthew 18.
- DrachmaBible
The drachma was an ancient Greek silver coin and monetary unit. In the New Testament it appears in the parable of the lost coin in Luke 15, and it is generally understood to have been worth about a laborer's daily wage.
- Luke 15Bible
Luke 15 is the chapter in which Jesus answers the complaint of the Pharisees and scribes that he eats with sinners by telling three parables: the lost sheep, the lost coin (drachma), and the lost son (the prodigal son).
- Simon the PhariseePeople
Simon the Pharisee was the host who invited Jesus to a meal at his house in Luke 7. When a woman known as a sinner anointed Jesus' feet with ointment, Simon inwardly objected, and Jesus answered him with the parable of the two debtors.
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- Matthew 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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