Isaiah 65:5
5who say, “Keep to yourself,do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
aThese are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
Luke 7:39
39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If bthis man were ca prophet, he dwould have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”Luke 18:9-14
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9He also told this parable to some ewho trusted fin themselves that they were righteous, gand treated others with contempt: 10“Two men hwent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee, istanding by himself, prayed ▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself
kthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 lI fast twice a week; mI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13But the tax collector, nstanding far off, owould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but pbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, qbe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For reveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Romans 3:22-23
22the righteousness of God sthrough faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. tFor there is no distinction: 23for uall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,1 Corinthians 4:7
7For who sees anything different in you? vWhat do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
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