I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:1-8). The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. This is the second-to-last parable in Luke’s gospel before Palm Sunday.
The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican immediately follows the parable of the Unjust Judge and comes immediately before Jesus’ interaction with the Rich Young Ruler and Jesus’ final teaching on his Passion. Jim Craig’s sermon on this passage this Sunday was outstanding. Capon’s book Kingdom, Grace, and Judgment – Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus. Please read chapter 17 “God as the Anti-Hero” and chapter 18 “Death and Resurrection One Last Time” of Rev. Tonight we are reading through the last of the parables of Grace with the Parable of the Unjust Judge found in Luke 18:1-8 and the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican found in Luke 18:9-14. Ponder These Things: Praying with Icons of the Virgin – Abp.Bad Girls of the Bible – Liz Curtis Higgs.The Gospel According to Johnny Cash – Dr.
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